Carrot Mantecados

In this article you will learn how to prepare delicious carrot ice creams. They are very rich and easy to make. 

No one can deny that carrots are very healthy and at the same time versatile. They are used for salty and sweet preparations! In addition, they can be eaten raw, grated, cooked, pureed … whatever you want.

However, the following can happen: you don’t know what to do to make your children eat more vegetables? Have you bought a good amount of carrots and you don’t know what to do? Or maybe, you are just tired of eating carrots always the same way.

Therefore, learning how to prepare carrot ice creams is perfect for varying the menu a bit and eating this vegetable in a fun way. You dare?

Carrot shortbread recipe

Ingredients

• 4 carrots
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 and ½ cups of flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

For its part, for the sauce we will use 2 cups of orange juice, ¼ cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.

Utensils:

• Sieve
• Electric rods
• Containers
• Grater
• Peeler
• Knife
• Muffin tins
• Baking tray
• Presentation tray
• Saucepan
• Wooden spoon

preparation:

• First, sift out the dry items: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg and set aside.
• Then, beat the eggs with the oil, the vanilla extract and the two types of sugar until you get a homogeneous mixture.
• Because a well-integrated dough is required, you have to add the dry ingredients little by little, while stirring.

• Next, peel and grate the carrots.
• Then, with enveloping movements, incorporate them into the previous preparation.
• On the other hand, turn the oven to 180 ° C, grease the muffin molds with a little butter and fill with the mixture up to ¾ parts of its capacity.
• Now bake for 20 minutes, or until you see that the contents of the molds are slightly golden.
• When time passes, remove from oven, let cool and unmold. Then, place them on a tray and reserve.
• To prepare the sauce, squeeze the orange juice and put it in a saucepan over medium heat together with the sugar, cook so that it melts and integrates.
• Then, in a separate container, place the cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of water. Then, pour this over the sugary juice and cook a few more minutes until it thickens, remove from the heat and let it cool.
• Finally, bathe each of the carrot shortbreads with this sauce.

The most remarkable thing about this recipe is that it is easy to prepare and also has a relatively short preparation time, approximately 50 minutes.

You can enjoy these mantecados as dessert or as a starter, as they have a rather sweet flavor. However, they are still perfect for lunch or dinner.

Another option to prepare carrot shortbreads

Surely you have loved the idea of ​​preparing this delicacy. So, here is another way to enjoy it. With it you will get a perfect dessert, because it has raisins and nuts!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of oil
• 1 cup of sugar
• 4 eggs
• ¼ tablespoon baking soda
• ½ cup raisins
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups of carrot grated

• ½ cup walnuts
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence

Utensils:

• Container
• Electric rods
• Sieve
• Knife
• Spoon
• Peeler
• Grater
• Muffin tins
• Baking tray
• Serving tray

preparation:

• To start, mix the sugar and oil in a bowl.
• Then add the baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Beat well and when everything is well integrated, add the eggs one by one (while stirring).
• Then, place the previously sifted flour, the raisins and the chopped nuts and mix.
• Now is when the carrots come into play; You peel, grate and add them also in the preparation.
• Then, turn the oven to 180 ° C and place the batter in the previously greased muffin molds on a suitable tray. You should cook it for 40 minutes.
• When that time passes, remove from the oven and let it cool before unmolding and serving.

This carrot shortbread recipe also has an easy difficulty level. The estimated preparation time is 1 hour.

As a tip, to fill the muffin molds it is good to leave an empty space because when baking they rise, this way you will prevent them from overflowing.

Without a doubt, these appetizers will delight more than one. Enjoy them!