Orange Cookies
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
Dough:
1 Orange
2 C. sugar
1 C. margarine(2 sticks)
2 eggs
4 C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 C. buttermilk
Glaze at end of directions.Recipe
Cookie dough: Grate peel of orange; cut orange in half and squeeze out juice. You will have about 2 tsp peel and 1/4 cup juice. Set peel and juice aside.
In a large mixing bowl and electric mixer, beat sugar,margarine and eggs till fluffy. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to egg mixture; beat until well mixed. Add reserved 2 tsp orange peel and reserved 1/4 cup of juice; mix well.
Drop dough by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets, leaving room for cookies to spread. Bake in preheated oven 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes or until cookies spring back when touched (Watch carefully at end of baking time)
Cookies should be very light in color; (rim of cookies will be light brown).
Transfer cookies to racks to cool.
While cooling, prepare glaze
Glaze
1 Orange
2 C. Powder Sugar
2 Tbs. margarine(melted)
Grate peel of orange; cut orange in half and squeeze out juice. You will have about 2 tsp peel and about 1/4 Cup juice. Blend 1-2 tsp peel, 1/4 cup juice, powdered sugar and melted margarine. Use to glaze cooled cookies using 1/2 tsp per cookie. Makes about 7 dozen.
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