Carrot Cookies With Orange Icing

• 1 cup shortening
• 34 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup carrot (cooked and mashed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• zest of one orange
• 1 tablespoon soft butter
• 1 14 cups icing sugar

1. Beat shortening, add sugar, beat until light.
2. Add egg, carrots and vanilla, beat.
3. Add mixed dry ngredients.
4. Drop by tablespoons on a cookie sheet ( I always use parchment on the sheet),.
5. Bake a short 20 mins at 350 as they could dry out.
6. Cool.
7. Icing.
8. Mix orange juice, zest and butter.
9. Cream in icing sugar.
10. Put in a fruit dish,
11. Swirl the cookie upside down in the icing, set on a rack to dry.
12. Store in a sealed container.

shortening, sugar, egg, carrot, vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt, orange juice, zest of one orange, butter, icing sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/carrot-cookies-with-orange-icing-118035 (may not work)