Golden Nugget Carrot Cookies With Orange Icing

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup crisco or 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cooked mashed carrot
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

Recipe

• 1 cream sugara and shortening -- add egg, well beaten.
• 2 sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with mashed carrots. add vanilla.
• 3 stir in chopped walnuts.
• 4 drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.
• 5 bake at 4008 for 8-10 minutes.
• 6 frost with orange icing while still a little warm
• 7 glaze:.
• 8 combine all ingredients and mix till smooth.