Carrot Cake Cookies

i love the holiday season! mostly because i get to buy myself xmas presents and not feel as guilty. one for grandma, two for me! i also love that i get to eat all i want, also without feeling quite as guilty. that does certainly mean that i gain a few extra pounds through the wintery months, but it keeps me extra warm, right?!

last week, ali and steve had a peppermint patty party at their place, the perfect starter holiday party complete with a cookie exchange. i was just getting back from traveling and hadn't planned to actually make any cookies, but an hour before the party, i decided it wouldn't be very holiday spirited to arrive empty handed.

so i looked up a recipe that i thought my friend rob had used before when he brought cookies to a potluck. carrot cake cookies! i think i didn't find the same recipe though because it wasn't the quite as good as rob's, but it was still good none the less. here it is, carrot cake cookies!

Carrot-Cake Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted

1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg yolk

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup rolled oats

3/4 cup packed, finely grated, peeled carrots

1/3 cup dried currants

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Make cookies: In a large bowl, whisk together butter, sugars, and egg yolk. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture; stir until combined. Mix in oats, carrots, and currants.
2. Drop dough by level tablespoons, 2 inches apart, onto prepared baking sheets. Flatten with the palm of your hand. Bake until edges are crisp, rotating baking sheets halfway through, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.

oh i did make an addition, dark chocolate chips. they added just a nice bit of sugar because the cookie wasn't too sweet itself. the party was quite the success, with almost two dozen different kinds of cookies! ali and steve also decorated their place very nicely and everyone was so pretty!