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Carrot Cake Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cassidy Morris
Carrot cake in cookie bar form topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with a dash of cinnamon. The perfect dessert for Easter and Spring. Easy to make and perfect for a family gatherings.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 16 bars

Ingredients
  

For Cookies Bars:

  • 1 cup butter (browned)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrots (patted dry)
  • 2 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

For Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • 1/2 cup butter (softened)
  • 8 oz cream cheese (1 block)
  • 3-4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • pinch of salt

Instructions
 

For Cookie Bars:

  • Pre-heat your oven to 350° and line your baking dish with parchment paper.
  • In a sauce pan over medium high heat, add your butter and let melt. Once it's melted keep it on the heat and let it cook for 5-10 minutes until it foams up and then turns brown. Let cool.
  • In a large bowl ad your brown butter, brown sugar, and sugar and stir until combined.
  • Add your eggs and vanilla extract and stir until fluffy in consistency and well combined.
  • Shred your carrots and pat them dry. Add them into your wet ingredients and stir until evenly distributed.
  • Next, add your flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and cornstarch into your bowl and fold them in, until combined.
  • Transfer your cookie dough into your dish lined with parchment paper and press down until evenly spread. (I used about 3/4 of my dough but use however much you'd like depending on your desired thickness)
  • Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes. Let cool.

For Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • In a large bowl of a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, whip up your butter and cream cheese until fluffy.
  • Add your powdered sugar, cinnamon, salt and heavy cream and whip until smooth.

Assemble:

  • Once your cookie bars are cooled, remove the cookies from the baking dish using the parchment paper and spread your cream cheese frosting evenly onto your cookie bars.
  • Sprinkle your cookie bars with some extra cinnamon, cut into squares, share and ENJOY!!
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