Golden Nugget Carrot Cookies With Orange Icing

• 12 cup granulated sugar
• 14 cup brown sugar, packed
• 34 cup Crisco or 34 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cooked mashed carrot
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

1. Cream sugara and shortening -- add egg, well beaten.
2. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with mashed carrots.
3. Add vanilla.
4. Stir in chopped walnuts.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake at 4008 for 8-10 minutes.
7. Frost with orange icing while still a little warm
8. GLAZE:.
9. combine all ingredients and mix till smooth.

sugar, brown sugar, vegetable shortening, egg, flour, baking powder, salt, carrot, vanilla, walnuts, powdered sugar, orange rind, orange juice

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/golden-nugget-carrot-cookies-with-orange-icing-118774 (may not work)