Carrot Cookies with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Don't let the fruit and veggie title fool you into thinking these taste "healthy". They melt right in your mouth.

1 cup butter (room temp)
¾ cup sugar
½ t lemon extract
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1 cup cooked, mashed carrots
1 t salt
2 t baking powder
2 cups flour

Cream together butter, sugar, lemon extract, egg and vanilla. Add carrots. Sift and add dry ingredients. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375* for approximately 10 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Frost with orange icing while warm.

Orange Icing (you'll have some leftover)

4 T Butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 T orange zest
about 2 T orange juice
3-4 cups powdered sugar

Whip butter and cream cheese. Add zest and juice. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until you get a good consistency.


Enjoy these moist little cookies. We did.