Pecan Carrot Cookies With Orange Frosting
"have not tried this recipe yet..but want to"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
3 dozen
ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1 cup carrot, finely shredded
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FROSTING
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 -3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
directions
- preheat oven to 350*.
- combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in bowl.beat at medium speed till creamy -- 1-2 minutes -- add egg, 3 tbls orange juice and 1 tbls orange zest.
- continue beating till mixed.1-2 minutes --
- add flour, baking soda, salt.reduce speed to low.beat 1-2 minutes.stir in cocont, pecans and carrots --
- by hand drop dough by rounded tspfulls 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
- bake 10-12 minutes or golden brown --
- remove to wire rack and cool completely.
- to prepare FROSTING:.
- combine powdered sugar, 1 tbls orange zest and enough orange juice to desired spreading consistency.
- frost cooled cookies.top each cookie with a pecan half and a little grated orange peel.if desired.
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...
