Carrot Cookies with Orange Icing (Heritage Recipe)

Instead of pumpkin cookies, try this alternative orange cookie recipe for Halloween.

 

Carrot Cookies with Orange Icing (Heritage Recipe)

1 cup butter or shortening

¾ cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup cooked, mashed or finely shredded carrots

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

¾ cup coconut or 1 cup chopped nuts

1 tsp. grated orange peel, optional

1 tsp. orange extract, optional

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased cook sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool and then ice with a frosting made from 1 Tb. orange juice, 2 tsp. grated orange peel, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 2 Tb. soft butter. 

To quickly prepare the carrots, finely shred them in a food processor and then put them in the microwave for 1-2 minutes to cook. 

Ann learned this basic recipe in her high school cooking class. It is also an old favorite family recipe for several of our friends.