Carrot Cookies with Orange Icing

Ingredients (20)

• FOR THE CARROT COOKIES:
• 1 1/4 cups  quick-cooking oats 
• 1 cup  oat flour 
• 2 tablespoons  ground flaxseed meal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 1/2 cups peeled
• 3/4 cup chopped raw walnuts
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup melted
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• FOR THE ORANGE ICING (optional):
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract