Carrot-Coconut Cookies
1 cup mashed cooked carrots (about 4 medium)
¾ cup sugar
1 cup shortening (part margarine or butter, softened)
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup shredded or flaked coconut
½ recipe Orange Butter Frosting
Heat oven to 400°. Mix carrots, sugar, shortening and eggs. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in coconut.
Drop
dough by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie
sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched, about 8
minutes.
Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool. Frost with Orange Butter Frosting.
About 5 dozen cookies
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup margarine or butter, softened
About 2 tablespoons orange juice
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
Mix powdered sugar and margarine. Stir in orange juice and peel; beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.
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