Carrot Cookies II

These are delicious! No too sweet and pleasantly soft. I used carrot pulp from the juicer, increased the salt to 1/2 T, added 1t vanilla, subbed in 1 c whole wheat flour, and grated in some fresh nutmeg. Using a cookie scooper, the cookies held their shape as beautiful little domes (baked 12 minutes). I tried a tray with flattened cookies and decreased the bake time to 10 minutes. Just for fun, I squeezed some of the orange juice into a bowl and whisked in powered sugar to drizzle over the top. Fantastic!

I decided to give a try to this recipe just to have something out of the ordinary cookies I bake. It was the easiest thing, it took me just few minutes to make the cookie dough and also very simple to bake them, I just made little adjustments: I used brown sugar instead white sugar, added 1 tsp of vanilla and few raisins (I think carrots and raisins are a perfect combination), I also increased the baking time to 20 min and all I can say is: they came out amazingly delicious, I love the hint of orange taste; definitely this is a must keep recipe in my repertoire.

I decided to give a try to this recipe just to have something out of the ordinary cookies I bake. It was the easiest thing, it took me just few minutes to make the cookie dough and also very simple to bake them, I just made little adjustments: I used brown sugar instead white sugar, added 1 tsp of vanilla and few raisins (I think carrots and raisins are a perfect combination), I also increased the baking time to 20 min and all I can say is: they came out amazingly delicious, I love the hint of orange taste; definitely this is a must keep recipe in my repertoire.

I only had whole wheat flour and orange extract so I tried those in place of the white flour and orange zest. I increased the cinnamon to 1 teaspoon, added a dash of nutmeg and a scant cup finely chopped pecans. The cookies are good, not too sweet. Texture is buttery and moist, but dense like a shortbread. Good with hot tea. Didn't get the carrot flavor you would taste in carrot cake.

I only had whole wheat flour and orange extract so I tried those in place of the white flour and orange zest. I increased the cinnamon to 1 teaspoon, added a dash of nutmeg and a scant cup finely chopped pecans. The cookies are good, not too sweet. Texture is buttery and moist, but dense like a shortbread. Good with hot tea. Didn't get the carrot flavor you would taste in carrot cake.