Best Bonnies Carrot Cookies Recipes

CARROT COOKIES

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These cookies are both flavorful and colorful. The shredded carrots add nice bright flecks of orange color.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 20m

Yield 4-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup shredded carrots
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in carrots. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to carrot mixture. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128 calories, Fat 8g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 80mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

CARROT CAKE COOKIES

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This is a cake like cookie that tastes like carrot cake, but in cookie form.

Provided by Melissa

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
¾ cup shredded carrots
1 cup raisins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, stir in the crushed pineapple, carrots and raisins. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; stir into the carrot mixture. Mix in the walnuts if desired. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottoms begin to brown and cookies are set. Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 106.1 calories, Carbohydrate 14.4 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 85.3 mg, Sugar 7.4 g

CARROT COOKIES III

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This is a soft cookie my grandmother used to make, very good.

Provided by Barbara Hamilton

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

¾ cup white sugar
¾ cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup mashed cooked carrots, cooled
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon orange zest
⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream together the sugar, shortening and the egg.
Add cooked cooled mashed carrots, flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Mix well.
Drop on greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
To Make Frosting: Combine orange juice with the grated rind of one orange. Add enough confectioners' sugar to thicken. Put on cookies while hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 87.8 calories, Carbohydrate 11.1 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 47.9 mg, Sugar 5.5 g