- ½ cup of butter
- ½ cup of brown sugar
- ½ cup of white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- ½ tsp of salt
- ½ tsp of baking soda
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- ½ tsp of freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ cup of grated carrots
- ½ cup of raisins
- ½ cup of lightly toasted chopped pecans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray one cookie sheet with spray oil or line with parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking soda.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and combine thoroughly.
Add the flour mixture to the sweetened butter. Mix only enough to incorporate flour. Do not over mix. Fold in the carrots, raisins and pecans.
Form cookies by dropping a heaping teaspoon of dough on the prepared cookie sheet two inches apart.
Bake until light brown around the edges, about 12-15 minutes, depending on cookie size.
Over baking is the biggest problem with most chewy cookies. Your oven temperature and the type of cookie sheet you use will vary the baking times considerably. When they are golden brown around the edges is the time to remove them from the oven.