Recipe of Carrot Cookies with Icing - Food Recipes

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Title: Carrot Cookies with Icing
Categories : Cookies
Serving size: 48 servings 1/2 c Shortening 1/2 c Butter or margarine; -softened 3/4 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 c Mashed cooked carrots 2 c All-purpose flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 3/4 c Shredded coconut Orange butter icing: 3 tb Soft butter or margarine 1 1/2 c Confectioners sugar 2 ts Grated orange peel About 1 tbs orange juice I have made these cookies, and they are GREAT! They're from the Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. Heat oven to 400. Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and carrots. Blend in flour, baking powder & salt. Stir in coconut. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until no imprint remains when touched lightly. Immediately remove from baking sheet. Cool. Frost with orange butter icing. Makes 4 dozen cookies. Orange Butter Icing: Blend butter and sugar. Stir in orange peel and juice. Beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.JM. NAFY67C@prodigy.com (DEBORAH EPSTEIN) -----