Full of vitamin A and beta carotene - this is a good recipe to use all the carrots you have grown. Enjoy a really good for you snack!
COOKIE DOUGH
1 cup carrots
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 egg -- well beaten
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
FROSTING
3 cups icing sugar
1/4 cup Florida orange juice
1 teaspoon butter -- melted
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
milk, as needed
Simmer carrots on top of the stove until cooked. Mash well, measure out one cup and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add egg and the five remaining ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
Drop by teaspoonful on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 12 - 18 minutes or until golden brown.
Combine frosting ingredients, adding milk by teaspoonfuls if too stiff. Ice cookies while still warm. Store in a covered container.
3 - 4 dozen cookies.
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