Orange Carrot cookies - Heather G.

Orange – Carrot Cookies

¾ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup cooked mashed carrots
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped nuts, optional

Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg, vanilla, and carrots and mix
well. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on
greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 9 – 10 minutes. Ice
while warm with orange icing.

Icing for Orange – Carrot Cookies

Grated peel of one orange (just orange zest – not the white part)
Grate with fine grater or use zester
2 Tbsp orange juice
1 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt

Beat all ingredients together and spread on warm cookies.
(Might need to double icing recipe depending on how big you make the
cookies, how much frosting you use and how warm they are when you ice
them. Icing is thin, it drips off some.)