Orange Carrot Cookie Recipe

Many of you saw on facebook that one of my new neighbors brought us a plate of Orange Carrot Cookies with a handwritten recipe, and asked for the recipe. Here it is! 🙂

Orange Carrot Cookie Recipe

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 sticks of butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup cooked mashed carrots 4 medium
• 1 tsp vanilla.Frosting
• 1/4 lb powdered sugar
• Grated rind of 1 orange
• Orange juice

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Cream together butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and mix.
• In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Alternate adding the flour mixture and the carrot mixture until dough is formed.
• Add teaspoon of vanilla.
• Drop on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes.Frosting
• Moisten 1/4 pound powdered sugar with the grated rind of 1 orange and enough juice to achieve the consistency of heavy cream.

Servings: 36 -48

Author: Jeanne Porter

These are really good! Enjoy!