Recipe - Iced Carrot Cookies

1 cup Shortening
Three fourths cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 cup Cooked; mashed carrots
2 cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
2/3 cup Coconut

My delurking recipe :) comes from one of my favorite cookbooks ... Lion
House Recipes:

Cream shortening and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and beat until
fluffy. Add mashed carrots. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt, and add to
creamed mixture. Stir in coconut. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased
cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 10 minutes. Cool, then ice with
Orange Frosting (follows). Makes 4 doz small cookies.

Orange Frosting: In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon orange juice, 2
teaspoons grated orange peel, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 2 tablespoons soft
margarine; stir until well mixed.

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
FWUL40A@prodigy.com ( A DANIELS) on 4 No, v 1997