This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie was chosen by Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina: gingered carrot cookies. This recipe is definitely a sleeper – the one you pass right by without much of a second thought – and also the one you wish you’d tried sooner once you finally get around to making it. The cookies include a lot of the ingredients Dorie uses in her carrot cake (the very first recipe I ever made as a member of this group) – carrots (obviously), raisins, coconut and pecans. Don’t get me wrong, I like carrot cake, so I wasn’t opposed to the idea of these cookies. They just didn’t excite me at first.
I halved the recipe this week and still wound up with over 20 cookies. The only other change I made to the recipe was to omit the pecans. Baking these cookies was fantastic as they don’t spread much so you can cram lots of them onto the same baking sheet. Surely I can’t be the only person who enjoys being able to bake all of the cookie dough at once, eliminating the need to let the cookie sheets cool before loading them up and popping them into the oven again…
The cookies were delicious plain, but I knew they’d be even better with a drizzle of maple glaze. I used a simple recipe combining maple syrup and confectioners’ sugar (the same one I used on these pumpkin scones last year). I adore this glaze and it was the perfect complement to these not too sweet cookies. The carrot flavor isn’t overly prominent and the texture is both light and chewy – all in all, a surprisingly fun treat. Many thanks to Natalia for hosting this week! You can find the recipe on her blog or on page 162 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
As an aside, remember when I mentioned being sick in my post last week? Well, it lingered into the weekend and kept me from doing much of anything besides sitting on my couch. So, that explains the complete radio silence on my end. I have a huge backlog of posts to share so hopefully things will return to normal around here soon!
No, you’re not alone–I was thrilled to be able to bake my half-recipe on a single baking sheet. =) I hope you’re finally feeling better!
Hope you’re feeling better Tracey. And I love the idea of adding a maple glaze to these beauties. I’m sure it really pumped up the delicious factor.
Glad these turned out so well! The maple glaze sounds fantastic! 🙂
These look delicious…I’ve bookmarked them for down the road! Thanks…
I hope you are feeling better! Those cookies look unreal! YUM! I must make these ASAP…I need to play catch up!
I love the maple glaze!
You’re right – I’ve passed these by many times. I’ve never given them a second thought. I like your maple glaze addition. I’m really leaning heavily towards giving them a try now. Thanks!
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The maple glaze sounds like a delicious addition. I want to try that especially since I just bought some in Vermont this month!
The maple glaze sounds amazing – maybe something like that would’ve turned me on to these! 🙂
Mmm maple glaze. I tried to make one the other day and failed miserably. I’m so going to have to try yours!
I cut the recipe in half too. I got ten cookies!
Yours look so good!
THOSE look so good. And love the idea of the Maple Glaze. Little too much ginger for me, but will make again with less and other spices.
Hope you are feeling some better now and that the eye is getting better.
They look like itty bitty macaroons! Mine definitely spread more than yours. Hope you’re feeling better now!
I bet they were great with a glaze! Hope you are feeling better!
Ciao Tracey ! Thank you for joining me this week ! I’m so glad you loved them ! I want to try your glaze !! Glad you are better !!
the glaze was a great idea!
Betting Shane was not a fan. Wondered how you would adjust the recipe for you knowing that some of those ingredients weren’t a big hit for you either. Looks to me like they look just like mine, so no one can tell! They look great, love that plate/dish.
Hoping you are back to normal soon. I agree that baking all the cookies on one sheet is wonderful. But I loved these cookies no matter so will be baking them again.
Your cookies look exactly like mine: puffy and the same shape as when I put them in the oven. The maple glaze was a great idea.
Your cookies look great – like cute mini scones! I don’t know why I didn’t cram all my cookies on one baking sheet; oh, well.
Hope you’re feeling better!
I love cramming as many cookies as I can on one sheet, so you aren’t alone 🙂
I have to try this glaze. These weren’t a winner with me but they sure did disappear at the fiance’s work!
Yours look great as always!!
Found you randomly… I love carrot cookies and these look even more amazing with the maple glaze! I’m definitely trying this next time.
Nice touch with the maple glaze! These were surprisingly good.