Orange Carrot Zucchini Cookies with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

My Mom used to make Orange Carrot Cookies when I was a wee lass. I thought of them when Steve brought in carrots from the garden. Besides all of the carrots the zucchini are bountiful so I decided to create my own variation of the original.

3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup shredded carrots
1 cup shredded zucchini
1 orange, juice and rind 7 tablespoons
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups all-purpose flour






Preheat oven to 375.

Cream butter. Add sugar, egg and vanilla and stir. Mix in carrots and zucchini. Alternate adding dry ingredients with orange juice.

Bake for 10-15 minutes. Frost after cookies have cooled.

Frosting:
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons cream cheese
2 tablespoons orange juice
powder sugar

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar and orange juice to make the frosting the consistency that you want.