2      cups          carrots -- cooked
     1/2  cup           shortening
   1 1/2  cups          sugar
   2      teaspoons     vanilla
   4      cups          flour
   4      teaspoons     baking powder
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
                        ***Icing***
   1                    orange
   1 1/2  tablespoons   margarine
                        powdered sugar
Mash carrots; cream well with shortening, sugar and vanilla Add flour,
baking p
owder and salt. Mix well and drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie
sheet. Ba
ke 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
Icing:
Grate peel of orange; juice orange to get 1/2 cup juice. Heat orange peel
and j
uice and add margarine. Take off stove before it boils and beat in powdered
sug
ar until like heavy cream. Frost cool cookies immediately.
Rosa Lee McCracken
Graham, Texas