Carrot Cookies
Ingredients
| 3/4 cup sugar | ||
| 3/4 cup butter flavor vegetable shortening | ||
| 1 egg | ||
| 1 heaping cup of grated carrots | ||
| 1 tsp pure vanilla extract | ||
| 1/2 tsp lemon extract | ||
| 2 cups flour | ||
| 2 tsp baking powder | ||
| 1 tsp kosher salt | ||
| Icing: | ||
| 1 cup powdered sugar | ||
| 2-3 tbs orange juice |
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the sugar and shortening until fluffy.
- Add the egg, carrots, and extracts and mix well.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix to to combine.
- Drop dough by the tbs onto greased cookie sheets and bake for 10 minutes.
- While the cookies bake, combine the powdered sugar and orange juice to make an icing. Add more orange juice if you would like a thinner glaze.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes and then drizzle with icing while still warm.
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