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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Carolyn Shaw 6-95
Fast Healthy 9/92
COOKIES
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Butter or margarine,
Softened
1 ts Vanilla
1 Egg
1 3/4 c Flour
1 ts Baking powder
1 c Finely shredded carrots
1/2 c Chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 c Raisins
FROSTING
1 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Grated orange peel, if
Desired
3 ts To 5 orange juice

Heat oven to 350F. Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add
vanilla and egg; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup;
level off. Stir in flour and baking powder; mix well. Stir in
carrots, walnuts and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2" apart on
ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-15 minutes until edges are light
golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely.

Combine frosting ingredients, using just enough orange juice to reach
proper spreading consistency; mix well. Frost cooled cookies. 3 1/2
dozen cookies.

High Altitude-above 3500 feet: Increase flour to 1 3/4 cups plus 2
tablespoons. Bake as firected.

Per cookie: 80 calories, 1 g protein, 12 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 3
g fat (33%), 5 mg cholesterol, 35 mg sodium, 40 mg potassium, 1
starch exchange. Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 06-13-95