Cakes are great, but they require plates, forks, knives, coordination etc. Cupcakes and cookies are the most amazing solution! They are so much easier to bake too. Carrot cake in a cookie? B-E-A-utiful. These got fantastic reviews on epicurious, so I had to try them. I made them for Alex's classmates who loved them. These are really impressive large cookies. I would double the recipe, because it makes 13 sandwich cookies (12 or 11 after you do the "mandatory" taste test), and there are most likely more than 11 people that would want these.
To make these cookies, you need to also make icing, which is one extra step. This, however, makes them even more special.

Inside-Out Carrot Cake Cookies

Gourmet  | April 2004    Intermediate

• 1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup coarsely grated carrots (2 medium)
• 1 scant cup walnuts (3 ounces), chopped

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 2 baking sheets.

Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

Beat together butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in carrots and nuts at low speed, then add flour mixture and beat until just combined.

Drop 1 1/2 tablespoons batter per cookie 2 inches apart on baking sheets and bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are lightly browned and springy to the touch, 12 to 16 minutes total. Cool cookies on sheets on racks 1 minute, then transfer cookies to racks to cool completely.

Sandwich flat sides of cookies together with a generous tablespoon of cream cheese (recipe below) filling in between.

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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING   Easy

8 oz packaged softened cream cheese

5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 c powdered sugar

Beat the first three ingredients together with an electric mixer. Gradually add 2 c powdered sugar to the mixture. Enjoy!