Pecan Carrot Cookies With Orange Frosting

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup carrot, finely shredded
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 tablespoon orange zest

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in bowl.beat at medium speed till creamy -- 1-2 minutes -- add egg, 3 tbls orange juice and 1 tbls orange zest.
• 3 continue beating till mixed.1-2 minutes --
• 4 add flour, baking soda, salt.reduce speed to low.beat 1-2 minutes.stir in cocont, pecans and carrots --
• 5 by hand drop dough by rounded tspfulls 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 bake 10-12 minutes or golden brown --
• 7 remove to wire rack and cool completely.
• 8 to prepare frosting:.
• 9 combine powdered sugar, 1 tbls orange zest and enough orange juice to desired spreading consistency.
• 10 frost cooled cookies.top each cookie with a pecan half and a little grated orange peel.if desired.