Recipe: Orange Carrot Cookies

Orange Carrot Cookies
1 ½ C shortening
2 C sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream mixture of shortening and sugar. Add egg and mix well.

2 C cooked mashed carrots
1 tsp. salt
4 C flour
2 C chopped walnuts

Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with mashed carrots. Stir in nuts. Drop onto greased baking sheet. Bake @ 350 degrees for about 12 to 14 mins.

Orange frosting
Grated rind of 2 oranges
6 TBLS orange juice
2 ½ C powdered sugar
2 pinches of salt

Beat all ingredients together and dip top of cookies into bowl full of glaze.
Makes 60 cookies

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