Cookie Recipes
Carrot Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups old-fashioned or quick-cooking rolled oats, uncooked
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup coarsely shredded carrots
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until well mixed.
- Add eggs; mix well.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to butter mixture and mix well.
- Stir in oats, raisins, carrots and nuts.
- Drop dough by tablespoonsful onto an ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until done.
- Transfer to racks to cool.