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Orange Cookies (Grandma Shepard)
| Ingredients | |||
| ---cookies--- | |||
| 1 | cup | crisco shortening, solid, not liquid | |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking soda | |
| 2 | cups | sugar | |
| 1 | pinch | salt | |
| 2 | large | eggs | |
| 1 | teaspoons | baking powder, heaping | |
| 1 | cup | sour milk | |
| 4 | cups | flour | |
| 1 | medium | orange, juice and grated rind | |
| ---icing--- | |||
| 1 | tablespoon | butter, melted | |
| 1 | medium | orange, juiced and grated rind | |
| 3 | cups | powdered sugar | |
Directions: | |||
| In a large mixing bowl, cream the crisco� and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs slowly until blended well. Add sour milk and orange juice. (If sour milk is not available, mix 1 t vinegar with 1 c milk.) Separately, mix baking soda, salt, baking powder and flour. Add mixture slowly to batter, mixing well. Drop a heaping tablespoon for each cookie, onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 min. Cool on a wire rack. Should make about 3 dozen cookies. For icing, put melted butter in bowl and add powdered sugar. Mix together. Add grated rind. Slowly add orange juice until a very thick consistency is reached. NOTE: for icing try 2 tablespoons softened butter 1 tablespoon grated orange peel 4 cups sifted confectioner`s sugar 2 tablesppons orange juice. In small bowl of electric mixer, combine all ingredients. Beat at medium speed until smooth and easy to spread. If too thick, add a little more orange juice. | |||
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