Saturday, May 3, 2014

Carrot Oatmeal Cookies

2½ cups all-purpose flour 
1 tsp. baking soda 
¼ tsp. salt 
 ½ tsp. ground cloves 
2 tsp. ground cinnamon 
1 cup oats 
¾ cup brown sugar 
¼ cup granulated sugar 
225g butter, softened
2 large eggs 
2 tsp. vanilla extract 
2 cups grated carrot (3-4 carrots) 
½ cup coconut 
¾ cup chopped walnuts 
powdered sugar 
milk

Preheat oven to 175ยบ C. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and oats. Mix well and set aside. With a mixer, beat together sugars and butter in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add carrots, coconut and walnuts. Blend until combined. Batter will be lumpy. Add flour mixture and blend at a low speed until just combined. Do not overmix. Place tablespoons of mixture onto greased oven trays and bake for 13-15 mins. Immediately transfer cookies to a cooling rack.

Add saltanas, extra nuts and carrot. Make mixture very lumpy.