Spiced Carrot Chews

If you like carrot cake then you'll love these spiced carrot chews. They have just the right amount of raisins and nuts to make this a great cookie.

Ingredients

1 cup margarine
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups shredded carrots
3/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup raisins

Instructions

Makes about 6 dozen 2-1/2" cookies.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In large mixer bowl, blend until fluffy margarine and brown sugar.
Add egg and vanilla and blend.
Add and combine just until mixed the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, oats, carrots, nuts and raisins.
Drop rounded tablespoons of the mixture on greased baking sheets and bake for 13-15 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

NOTE: I used the full cup of margarine in the recipe, but after tasting the resulting product I believe that one could reduce it by at least half (possibly more), perhaps substituting applesauce for the remainder to provide the adequate liquid in the mixture.