Carrot Cookies With Orange Icing

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup carrot (cooked and mashed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• zest of one orange
• 1 tablespoon soft butter
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 beat shortening, add sugar, beat until light.
• 2 add egg, carrots and vanilla, beat.
• 3 add mixed dry ngredients.
• 4 drop by tablespoons on a cookie sheet ( i always use parchment on the sheet),.
• 5 bake a short 20 mins at 350 as they could dry out.
• 6 cool.
• 7 icing.
• 8 mix orange juice, zest and butter.
• 9 cream in icing sugar.
• 10 put in a fruit dish,
• 11 swirl the cookie upside down in the icing, set on a rack to dry.
• 12 store in a sealed container.