GRANDMA BRUBAKER'S ORANGE COOKIES RECIPE

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Number Of Ingredients 14

1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 cup buttermilk
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
Pinch salt
Juice and peel of 2 medium navel oranges
ICING:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon grated orange peel

Steps:

In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg yolks and buttermilk. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add alternately with orange juice and peel to creamed mixture. Add egg whites and beat until smooth.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes.
For icing, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. Frost cookies when cool.
Yield: about 6 dozen.
Originally published as Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies in Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook
p48
Nutritional Facts
serving (2 each) equals 195 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 107 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.
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