CARROT COOKIES
These cookies are both flavorful and colorful. The shredded carrots add nice bright flecks of orange color.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 20m
Yield 4-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in carrots. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to carrot mixture. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 128 calories, Fat 8g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 80mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE BUTTERCREAM ICING
Steps:
- For the buttercream icing: Cream together the sugar and butter in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in the zest and vanilla extract.
- For the carrot cookies: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugar using an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer until light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. Add in the eggs one at a time and beat for 2 minutes after each addition. Mix in the carrot baby food, orange zest and vanilla.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat together on low speed until incorporated, 1 minute.
- Using a small 2-ounce ice cream scoop, drop by heaping scoops onto the prepared baking sheets, 15 cookies per sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating halfway through. Transfer to a cooling rack. Frost the cookies with the buttercream icing while still warm.
CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE ICING
Make and share this Carrot Cookies With Orange Icing recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Meli-lynne
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 46m
Yield 20 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
- Add carrots, egg, vanilla. Mix well.
- sift together flour, baking powder, salt. Add to carrot mixture, mix well.
- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake 16 minutes at 350°F.
- Icing:.
- mix together orange juice, orange rind, butter, icing sugar.
- Spread on warm cookies.
ORANGE GLAZED CARROT COOKIES
Make and share this Orange Glazed Carrot Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Cupcake-Princess
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 30m
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- For the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, and carrots. On low speed gradually add flour mixture and mix just until blended. Stir in walnuts.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets 1 inch apart. Bake for 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling racks to cool completley.
- For the glaze: In a small mixing bowl wisk together powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange zest.
- Dip tops of cooled cookies into glaze and place on cooling racks to set.
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