Welcome to another issue of Around the Kitchen Table!

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You’ll find more recipes and Watkins products on sale this month.

Carrot Cake Cookies
These delicious cookies were cakey, moist, flavorful, and snack-sized. Make sandwich cookies by placing filling between two cookies or frost tops of cookies with filling.

1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Watkins 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 Watkins Vanilla
1 cup finely grated carrots (2 medium)
1 scant cup walnuts (3 ounces), chopped
1/2 cup raisins (2 1/2 ounces)
Two choices of filling below

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter baking sheet or cover with parchment paper.

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, nuts, and raisins 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, 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 filling in between.

Choice of two fillings

First filling
8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup honey

While cookies are baking, blend cream cheese and honey in a food processor until smooth.

Second filling

2 ounces bar cream cheese, room temperature
2 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice or orange juice

With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add sugar and lemon juice; beat until combined. Cover; chill until firm.

 Spring arrived so it’s spring cleaning time! This month’s newsletter winner gets a Watkins Natural Care Sampler that includes four one-fluid ounce bottles of Tub and Tile Cleaner, All Purpose Cleaner, Dish Soap, Window Cleaner, and a sample of Laundry Detergent.

Until next month,
Eleisia

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