Orange Carrot Cookies

Orange Carrot Cookies

3/4 c. margarine              2-1/4 c. sifted flour
1 c. sugar                        1 tsp. baking powder
1 egg                              1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla                    1 c. cooked, mashed unseasoned carrots
                                      1 c. walnuts (finely chopped)

Cream margarine, sugar, egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients sifted together. Beat in carrots with mixer. Stir in nuts with spoon. Drop by tsp. on greased baking sheet (line with aluminum foil and then grease foil).

Bake at 375 deg. about 15 minutes until pale golden brown around edges. Remove from oven. Let sit about 1 or 2 minutes only before icing with orange icing:


ORANGE ICING

2 tsp. grated orange rind (1 large orange)
3 tbsp. orange juice
2 c. powdered sugar, sifted
pinch salt
1 tbsp. white corn syrup

Beat all together. Spread on hot cookies.

- Ferne Egbert 1963
  Stuttgart, Germany