Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies Recipe

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At least two generations of my family have enjoyed the recipe for these light, delicate, orange-flavored cookies.

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Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 36 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

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

Directions

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.

Nutritional Facts 1 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.

Originally published as Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies in Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook , p48