CARROT CAKEY COOKIE 'WICHES
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 1:47PM 
This is a recipe for ye of a well-stocked pantry. However, if you go buy all of these things, I promise you will use them up on this specific recipe. I think carrot cake is the favorite dessert option. There are comfort flavors (vanilla, cinnamon), textures (pecans, carrots) and frosting that kicks buttercream booty.
These nubs of goodness are healthy enough to eat for breakfast! I wish I could say these lasted longer than the afternoon that we made them.
Though I’m not much of an ‘exact’ kind of cook, this recipe is an exception. To make a cake-like cookie, you need a specific consistency so the cookie puffs up nice without running into a pancake. A pancake I’m sure you could solicit people to eat, but aesthetics are a priority here. You will notice that the ‘frosting’ is a bit more heart healthy than your cream cheese alternative, but you are welcome to substitute whichever you prefer. I do suggest giving the yogurt a try, the tang is nice and the treat doesn’t sit like a rock in your stomach. 
CARROT CAKEY COOKIE ‘WICHES // Makes 20 Minis or 10 Jumbos
1 Cup Organic Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
½ Cup Wheat Bran
1 Cup Oatmeal
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Cinnamon
1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice (or fresh nutmeg, cause I’m sure you’re more likely to have that around)
3/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
1 tbsp. Real Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 Cups Shredded Carrot (not store bought- freshly grated in a cheese grater)
2 Eggs
½ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
2 tbsp. Butter, room temperature
½ Cup Brown Sugar
½ Cup Golden Raisins
Filling:
17.6 oz Container (about 2 Cups) 2% Greek Yogurt (Fage brand recommended)
¼ Cup Local Honey
1 tsp. Cinnamon
Oven to 325’
1. In a small bowl, pour about half cup of hot water over the raisins and let them soak. In a bowl, whisk the eggs well. Add applesauce, butter, brown sugar and stir. Drain the raisins and add them, and the carrots to the wet mixture. In another large bowl, mix all dry ingredients and the nuts.
2. Gently, in thirds add the dry ingredients to the wet. You should get a pretty thick dough at this point, firm enough keep form on a baking sheet, but still more moist than your typical cookie.
3.Line the baking sheet with parchment paper. Use an ice cream scoop for large cookies, or a tablespoon for smaller ones and set them 2’’ apart. Bake for 12-16, depending on cookie size, until edges brown a little and the middle is just set. Timing will vary.
In the meantime, mix all filling ingredients with a whisk and put in fridge to firm up.
*Allow cakey cookies to cool before assembling the sandwiches. Then bring them to me. Or use desired amount of filling and eat immediately as the yogurt gets a bit messy once it starts to soften. You could also freeze them for about 30 minutes, which would make them much easier to eat.
Reader Comments (40)
mmmmmmmmmmm those look really tasty
and the photos are tasty too
Seriously?! These look AMAZING!! Dare I say it Sara....this blog is better than- well, you know who! ;)
This looks like an absolute masterpiece!
Those look amazing!! Making me really crave home.
I love love love your blog and food philosophy (ie delicious fresh, healthy, fruit and veggie centric) can't wait for new entries! and the pictures are phenomenal...so fun! I can't wait to try this recipe
This is an awesome site! You do amazing work!!!!
Everything looks so delicious Sara! You and Hugh have done an amazing job! I can't wait to see where all this takes you!! You are one seriously talented young lady!
Love Ya! Cyndi
@rachel - so good to hear from you! congrats on your great race time. keep visiting blog :)
@cyndi - thank you for the encouragement!
@leah - I will save you one next time, promise.
Sara~ you are amazing! Everything on the website looks devine! Can't wait for another BBQ to indulge in your fabulous creations. Love you and Congrats on the website!
i am totally making these. tomorrow!!
these look AMAZING!!
lovely cookies. I like the addition of pastry flour and wheat germ. It makes for a hearty yet satisfying cookie.
These look amazing- great photos! So glad to have found your blog! Looks like we have the same vegi & eating seasonal obsessions :)
WOW! Your photos are amazing. BEAUTIFUL!
Wow! Looks delicious! I couldn't resist adding this to our link luv roundup! Come take a peek, it will be up tomorrow.
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Mmmm...these look yummy! Truth to tell, I much prefer carrots in vegetable or salad dishes. But I think your cakey cookies and these carrot-pineapple muffins I had seen on another well-written site (http://greencheeseandcherries.blogspot.com/2009/05/carrot-pineapple-cake.html) make me change my mind.
Congratulations on your new blog! Lovely photos to make me drool and to go alongside a good piece of writing always do it for me.
those cookies look delicious!!!
You know those carrot cake muffs must have been worth the cals if I ate about 10 of them, in the same night!
found your photo in foodgawker, can't believe how dainty your carrot cake is! i love all the photos
these recipes are making me drool!!!!!
I love this! I just finished making them. I made a few adjustments, I am curious what you think. I strained the greek yogurt to get a thicker consistency and flattened the batter just a smidge to get more of a sandwich, eatable, cookie. Thank you for sharing this recipe! Where do you get your recipes? Do you make them up yourself? One more thing, I almost forgot the vanilla! You might add that to the recipe directions. I am wondering about soaking the raisins in the vanilla too! I will have to try that another time. Again - great blog, great food. Thank you.
I made these... they are delicious! I really impressed a couple friends with this last night. The yogurt is a nice tangy accompaniment.
This one is going in my "special" recipe folder.
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Your photos are so impressive and amazing. I wish I had your talent!
cooking this up on Saturday...not much of a baker, so we'll see how these come out.
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I love the idea for a yogurt filling on these. I was totally expecting cream cheese as I was scrolling down the page. I had a question about the 1/2 cup of wheat bran, would 1/2 cup of wheat germ be a good substitution or would 1/2 of the wheat flour work equally as well? If I keep the filling separate and sandwich the cookies as they are eaten will the filling turn runny? Thanks for the great recipe!
Just made these...wow. Delightfully sweet and carrotty! Thanks for sharing.
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The recipe says 1 cup oatmeal- do you mean rolled oats or cooked oatmeal? I am guessing you mean rolled oats, as it looks like that in the photo, but just wanted to check before I make them. Thanks!
The recipe says 1 cup oatmeal- do you mean rolled oats or cooked oatmeal? I am guessing you mean rolled oats, as it looks like that in the photo, but just wanted to check before I make them. Thanks!
The recipe says 1 cup oatmeal- do you mean rolled oats or cooked oatmeal? I am guessing you mean rolled oats, as it looks like that in the photo, but just wanted to check before I make them. Thanks!
@michelle - Ha yes! This is one of the first recipes I ever wrote so things are a bit haphazard!
Great -thanks! I made these for my son's preschool and they were a hit! Thanks for the recipe.
Quite happy to see that my habit of hoarding does pay off at times - my pantry is certainly well-stocked enough to make these cookies right away. I love that there is a yogurt-honey filling!
Sara, I love your recipes! Your website is quickly becoming my favorite food blog! I had some spare cream cheese frosting that I didn't want to go to waste (a product of decorating red velvet cupcakes for a13th birthday celebration). Naturally, my mind went to carrot cake and I came to your website to see if you had any ideas!
I made a few substitutions based on what I had in my pantry: wheat germ as opposed to wheat bran, I used rolled oats for the oatmeal, 1/4 cup coconut oil in place of the apple sauce, walnuts instead of pecans, I didn't have pumpkin pie spice so I went with the nutmeg, and I used flame raisins.
From the moment I "accidentally" tried some dough I knew that these cookies were never going to be frosted. Between me and my two friends, we each ate at least 7 cookies. I'm positive that the yogurt filling would have been a delicious addition but we had a hard time imagining how they could get any better.
Everyone must try these cookies! They just became my go-to cookie recipe and I make A LOT of cookies.