Carrot Cookies
These cookies are both flavorful and colorful. The shredded carrots add nice bright flecks of orange color.
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
Reviews
Overall, not a bad cookie. They were very simple to make with a limited number of ingredients. The texture was good, fluffy, almost biscuit like. In the future, I would definitely add cinnamon. The taste was fine but not flavorful at all.
These carrot cookies were both delicious and looked great! I think the cookies had a good texture, and good moisture. I also think that the directions were very easy to follow. I made a few changes to the recipe that I thought added to the taste, however this is based on personal taste preference. I added a 1/2 tea of nutmeg and 1 tsp of cinnamon. I liked how these added to the flavors that were already present.
These were very good, but I did change them up a bit. I added some cinnamon, raisins and chopped walnuts, then made a simple cream cheese frosting with reduced fat cream cheese to spread on top. They tasted just like carrot cake! Without my changes I don't think they'd be sweet enough for my tastes.
Good simple recipe, the cookie is just okay. I would add chocolate chips next time.
Great quick cookie! Absolutely adorable....
They are super soft and good tasting with amazing textures.
I LOVE carrot cookies made from raw carrots. Thank you for a recipe that gives me a taste of my childhood half-a-century later.
I have made these cookies many times. Very good.
These are a great little cake like cookie, not real sweet. BUT you should cook the carrots first, smash them up and then..make a butter cream frosting with zest of an orange and juice of the orange! Perfect tea cookie!!!!
This receipe piqued our interest and after reading previous reviews, my husband and I decided to saute the carrots in 1/2 tbsp butter before adding them to recipe; came out very good - sauteeing brought out the natural sweetness in carrots.