Carrot Cookies


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 40
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 94.9
  • Total Fat: 4.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 11.4 mg
  • Sodium: 60.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 13.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
  • Protein: 1.0 g

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Number of Servings: 40

Ingredients

    1 Cup shortening
    3/4 Cup sugar
    2 eggs
    1 C shredded carrots
    2 cups all purpose flour
    2 t baking powder
    1/2 t salt

    Orange Icing

    Juice of 1/2 orange (3-4 tablespoons)
    grated rind of 1 orange
    1 tablespoon butter
    1 1/4 sifted powdered sugar


Directions

Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs. Mix well. Add shredded carrots. Combine the flour baking powder and salt and add to carrot mixture. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Frost with orange icing.

Number of Servings: 40

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JEFFRO3.

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    Incredible!
    Love it. Thanks for sharing. - 3/13/11