Carrot cookies with orange icing
Delicious, zesty and fluffy carrot coookies. They are almost like a carrot cake cookie minus the spices :)
Ingredients
for the cookies:
113g unsalted butter
150g granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
256g plain flour
225g grated carrots
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon of orange zest
2 teaspoons orange juice
for the icing:
150g icing sugar
a few teaspoons of orange juice
A cookie sheet, greased with butter (like this)
Instructions
- in a medium bowl, beat the butter with sugar
- add egg and orange juice and mix until combined
- add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix until the dough comes together
- form into balls and arrange on a baking sheet
- bake for around 11 minutes in 180 C
- to make the icing, mix together the icing sugar and orange juice
- spread the icing over cookies as soon as they are out of the oven
Enjoy :)
