Carrot Cookies With Orange Frosting Recipes

CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• For the buttercream icing: Cream together the sugar and butter in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in the zest and vanilla extract.
• For the carrot cookies: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream together the butter and sugar using an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer until light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. Add in the eggs one at a time and beat for 2 minutes after each addition. Mix in the carrot baby food, orange zest and vanilla.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat together on low speed until incorporated, 1 minute.
• Using a small 2-ounce ice cream scoop, drop by heaping scoops onto the prepared baking sheets, 15 cookies per sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating halfway through. Transfer to a cooling rack. Frost the cookies with the buttercream icing while still warm.

CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE ICING

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
• Add carrots, egg, vanilla. Mix well.
• sift together flour, baking powder, salt. Add to carrot mixture, mix well.
• Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 16 minutes at 350°F.
• Icing:.
• mix together orange juice, orange rind, butter, icing sugar.
• Spread on warm cookies.

CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE FROSTING

Steps:

• beat crisco, sugar and egg together.add carrots.mix well.
• add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• cover and chill overnight.
• drop by tblsful on ungreased cookie sheet.
• bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes --
• cookies will be soft to the touch.and lightly browned.
• ORANGE FROSTING:.
• combine powdered sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter, vanilla with juice from one large orange.along with zest from same orange.I usually roll orange around on counter to help juices release and zest before I juice the orange.if frosting seems too stiff.you may have to add a little milk till of spreading consistency -- frost cookies when removed from oven -- while they are still warm -- .

ORANGE GLAZED CARROT COOKIES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, and carrots. On low speed gradually add flour mixture and mix just until blended. Stir in walnuts.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets 1 inch apart. Bake for 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling racks to cool completley.
• For the glaze: In a small mixing bowl wisk together powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange zest.
• Dip tops of cooled cookies into glaze and place on cooling racks to set.