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Grandma Brubaker’s Orange Cookies

24 reviews
Test Kitchen Approved
Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Makes

about 6 dozen

Updated: Aug. 22, 2023
At least two generations of my family have enjoyed the recipe for these light, delicate orange-flavored cookies. —Sheri DeBolt, Huntington, Indiana
Grandma Brubaker’s Orange Cookies
Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg yolks and buttermilk. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice and zest. Add egg whites and beat until smooth.
  2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake until set, about 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
  3. For icing, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cookies.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 97 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 6mg cholesterol, 58mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.