Carrot cookies

Carrot cookies

Ingredients/Components

• vanilla - 1 tsp
• granulated sugar - 3/4 c
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• flour - 2 c
• butter - 1 c
• confectioners sugar - 1 item
• baking powder - 2 tsp
• egg - 1 item
• orange juice
• grated orange rind - 1 Tbsp
• mashed cooked carrots, cooled - 1 c

How to make carrot cookies:

Frosting:1/4 c. orange juice1 Tbsp. grated orange rind confectioners sugar Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in carrots and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; stir into batter. Drop by teaspoonful, 2 inches apart, onto a greased baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes. Cool on rack.

Mix frosting. Add enough sugar to make spreading consistency. Spread over cooled cookies. (Good without frosting, too.)

Recipe categories: Desserts, Drop cookies, Cookie and brownie.