connie's carrot cookies
When these cookies are in the oven, your house will smell heavenly!! The original recipe was found on the back of a Duncan Hines carrot cake mix. However, after following their recipe, I made a few tweeks. Makes 5 1/2 dozen. Enjoy!
prep time
15 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
Ingredients
- 1 package duncan hines decadent carrot cake mix
- 1 package carrot & raisins (included in cake mix) & 1/2 cup additional raisins if desired.
- 2 - eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup hot water (used to hydrate carrots and raisins)
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional, i used walnuts)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup additional raisins if you prefer
How To Make connie's carrot cookies
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Step 2Hydrate carrot and raisins in 1 cup of hot water. Allow to hydrate at least 5 minutes. Strain before adding to cake mix. -
Step 3Beat butter and cake mix, then add eggs (one at a time) and vanilla to batter.
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Step 4Add drained raisins and carrots to batter and mix.
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Step 5Add nuts and oatmeal to batter and mix.
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Step 6Spoon heaping teaspoon of batter onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Wet your fingers and press slightly on top of cookies to flatten.
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Step 7Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
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Step 8Remove cookies and cool on wire rack.
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Step 9Enjoy!
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