Best Orange Drop Cookies I Recipes

ORANGE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400F/200°C.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In another large mixing bowl, mix butter, sugar and egg thoroughly. Stir in orange juice and rind.
• Sift dry ingredients into wet ingredients and blend together.
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until delicately browned on edges.
• Remove from cookie sheets and cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

ORANGE DROP COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together 3 teaspoons baking powder and 3 1/4 cups flour.
• Beat together brown sugar and shortening then add eggs, orange rind and vanilla. Mix in flour mixture, alternating the flour mixture and sour milk until all is blended. Drop dough by teaspoonful onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 12-15 minutes. Let cool and frost cookies.
• To Make Frosting: Mix together powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon butter and enough orange juice mixed in to make it able to spread over cooled cookies.

ORANGE DROP COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir 1/2 cup orange juice and 1 teaspoon rind into the flour mixture.
• Cream shortening and white sugar together. Mix egg into the sugar mixture thoroughly. Slowly blend flour mixture into the egg and sugar mixture. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Make the icing: Mix confectioner's sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together until smooth. Pour 2 tablespoons orange juice and 1 teaspoon orange rind into the sugar and butter mixture, mix well. When the cookies have cooled spread the icing generously over the tops of the cookies.

ORANGE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar.
• add eggs
• add finely grated zest
• add vanilla
• beat all til fluffy
• sift dry ingredients
• add to creamed mixture alternalely with buttermilk.
• beating after each addition
• drop onto cookie sheet
• bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 13 minutes
• while cookies are warm frost with icing
• mix icing all together.

ORANGE DROP COOKIES IV

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, sugar and sour cream until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 3 tablespoons orange zest. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the sugar mixture alternately with 2/3 cup orange juice. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. In a small bowl, stir together the melted margarine, confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoon orange zest. Mix remaining orange juice in 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Spread over cooled cookies.

ORANGE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400°. Mix butter, sugar and egg thoroughly. Stir in orange juice and rind. Stir in dry ingredients and mix well.
• 2. Drop rounded teaspoons of dough 2" apart on a baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until delicately browned on edges.
• 3. Mix frosting ingredients together. When cookies are cooled, frost.

GRANDMA BRUBAKER'S ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg yolks and buttermilk. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice and zest. Add egg whites and beat until smooth. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake until set, about 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., For icing, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cookies.

~ ORANGE DROP COOKIES ~

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degree F. In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening, eggs and sugar.
• 2. Combine flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
• 3. Mix in the dry ingredients, with the wet mixture, alternating with the sour milk. Ending with flour. Stir in the rind and juice.
• 4. Drop by teaspoonful on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until beginning to color on edges.
• 5. Remove from sheet pan to cooling racks.
• 6. Cool completely and then frost. Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine frosting ingredients, mix well, and add more juice if need be...you want it to be thicker though, not a glaze.
• 7. Enjoy!