Carrot Cake Cookies
These cookies are super moist and delicious. The icing makes them special.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup sugar or honey
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup carrots, cooked and mashed, cooled
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup Gurley’s Flake Coconut
- ½ cup Gurley’s Walnuts, coarsely chopped
- Icing:
- ½ package powdered sugar
- Zest of 1 orange
- orange juice
- ½ cup Gurley’s Walnuts, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix sugar or honey, butter, egg and carrots.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla.
- Fold in coconut and walnuts.
- Drop by heaping tablespoon onto non-stick cookie sheet.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes.
- Icing: Mix powdered sugar, orange peel and just enough orange juice to make icing desired consistency. When cooled, frost cookies and dust with walnuts.