Carrot Cookies With Orange Glaze Food

ORANGE CARROT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla and carrots. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the walnuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly golden. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the glaze, put 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar into a medium bowl. Grate the rind of the orange into the bowl with the sugar. Squeeze in enough juice from the orange to form a thin but spreadable consistency. Mix until smooth. If necessary, stir in more confectioners' sugar. Spread onto the cooled cookies. Store in an airtight container.

ORANGE GLAZED CARROT COOKIES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, and carrots. On low speed gradually add flour mixture and mix just until blended. Stir in walnuts.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets 1 inch apart. Bake for 15 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling racks to cool completley.
• For the glaze: In a small mixing bowl wisk together powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange zest.
• Dip tops of cooled cookies into glaze and place on cooling racks to set.

ORANGE-GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Cut a 1-inch chunk off one end of a carrot at an angle. Roll the carrot a quarter turn and cut another 1-inch chunk at an angle. Continue rolling and cutting all of the carrots into 1-inch chunks. Combine the carrots and orange juice in a large saucepan. Add enough water to just cover the carrots. Add the butter and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the carrots are tender and the liquid has reduced to a glaze, about 20 minutes. Top with the dill and serve.

CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• For the buttercream icing: Cream together the sugar and butter in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in the zest and vanilla extract.
• For the carrot cookies: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream together the butter and sugar using an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer until light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. Add in the eggs one at a time and beat for 2 minutes after each addition. Mix in the carrot baby food, orange zest and vanilla.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat together on low speed until incorporated, 1 minute.
• Using a small 2-ounce ice cream scoop, drop by heaping scoops onto the prepared baking sheets, 15 cookies per sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, rotating halfway through. Transfer to a cooling rack. Frost the cookies with the buttercream icing while still warm.

CARROT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar till fluffy.
• Ad egg and orange rind.
• Combine flour, salt,baking powder and cinnamon.
• Add to butter mixture alternately with carrots.
• Mix to form dough.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet about 2 in.
• apart.
• Bake at 375* for about 12 minutes or until very light brown around the edges.
• Cool 1 minute, remove from cookie sheet and cool on rack.

CARROT COOKIES III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream together the sugar, shortening and the egg.
• Add cooked cooled mashed carrots, flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Mix well.
• Drop on greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
• To Make Frosting: Combine orange juice with the grated rind of one orange. Add enough confectioners' sugar to thicken. Put on cookies while hot.

GLAZED ORANGE CARROTS

Steps:

• Trim the carrots and cook in boiling water for 4-6 mins until just tender, then drain. Melt the butter in a large frying pan, add the drained carrots, then fry over a high heat for 1 min. Pour over the orange juice and cook for a further 2-3 mins, bubbling the sauce and stirring to thoroughly coat the carrots. Finally, stir in the chopped parsley and serve.

CARROT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in carrots. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to carrot mixture. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

CARROT COOKIES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Cook carrots until soft and mash Cool. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Blend in cooked carrot mixture. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients and slowly add to butter mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Glaze with a mixture of powdered sugar and orange juice. Thin the powdered sugar until it is a little less than spreadable.