I know the people below look like they belong to a legal defense team, but they are actually the newest graduates from William Woods University's MBA program. I had the honor of facilitating their final Capstone class and tonight they presented and defended their business plan for a local foods distributorship.
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| L to R: Mickey Plummer, Jeannette Gibbons, John Harris, Elizabeth Robertson, & Eric McGuire |
They did an amazing job and can be proud to have ended the program with a solid "A" on this important final project required before being allowed to graduate. Their presentation and marketing props including chocolate covered strawberries and carrot cookies were impressive and delicious! However, having learned from their presentation that the produce at my local supermarket has traveled 1,500 miles on average has made me a bit queasy. Makes me really wish one of them was turning their project into a real company!Carrot Cookies that they made are a light cake-like cookie with delicate flavor and my kids even liked the ones I brought home to them. The recipe is below.
Carrot Cookies
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| Hand Dipped Chocolate Strawberries & Carrot Cookies |
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons grated orange rind 1 egg
1 1/4 cups grated carrots
2 2/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 dash salt
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Fold in the the egg (beaten) and orange rind. Then fold in the carrots. Combine flour, salt,baking powder and cinnamon and add these to butter mixture stirring as you add the dry ingredients. Once it is well mixed drop teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375* for about 12 minutes or until very light brown around the edges. Let cool 1 minute, before removing from cookie sheet.
