Carrot Apple Spice Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). In large bowl, beat cake mix, flour, butter and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. Stir in cranberries.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are set. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on Medium (50%) 15 seconds. Drizzle frosting over cookies. Store covered.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 4 cookie sheets.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a mixing bowl; set aside.
• To make the cookie dough, beat 1/2 cup butter, shortening, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and allow to blend into the butter mixture before adding the second egg and the vanilla. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the crushed pineapple, carrot, raisins, and chopped walnuts, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop onto the prepared baking sheets by the heaping teaspoonful, allowing 2 inches of space between the cookies.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, beat the cream cheese and 1 tablespoon of butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar and pineapple juice. Beat until no lumps remain. Spread the frosting on the cooled cookies, and allow to dry completely before storing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in carrots. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to carrot mixture. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in carrots, walnuts and cranberries., Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Press a deep indentation in center of each with the back of a 1/2-teaspoon measure., Bake until edges begin to brown, 10-12 minutes. Reshape indentations as needed. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, beat butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until blended. To serve, fill each cookie with about 1-1/2 teaspoons frosting; sprinkle with additional confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate leftover filled cookies.

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl cream butter and both sugars together.
• Beat in the egg and apple juice.
• In a small bowl combine the dry ingredients.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture; blend well.
• Mix in the chopped apples and nuts.
• Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12-13 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Place on wire rack to cool.
• For frosting: Beat all frosting ingredients until smooth; frost cookies.

Steps:

• Position oven racks in the upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• With a stand or hand mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy and smooth. Add the sugars and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, then add the egg and beat for another minute. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the vanilla. Continuing on low speed, add the flour mixture in 2 or 3 batches and beat only until they just disappear into the mix. The dough will be very thick, but don't overbeat to incorporate the flour. Using a rubber spatula, mix in the carrots, apples, cranberries and pecans.
• Spoon about three heaping tablespoonfuls of dough (or use a large cookie scoop, which is what I did) onto the prepared baking sheets at a time, leaving about an inch of space between them. Using your fingers, every so slightly flatted the tops of the cookies.
• Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, rotating the sheets from top to bottom and front to back at the midway point. The cookies should be light brown and only just firm on top. Carefully transfer the cookies to racks to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F; grease 2 cookie sheets.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg; set aside.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until well blended.
• Beat in the eggs and apple juice.
• Gradually add the flour to the butter mixture, beating at low speed until well blended.
• Stir in the apple and pecans.
• Drop the dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• In a small bowl cream the margarine, brown sugar and egg well and then stir in the carrots.
• In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together.
• Add the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.