Grandma Brubaker’s Orange Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: about 6 dozen.
At least two generations of my family have enjoyed the recipe for these light, delicate orange-flavored cookies. —Sheri DeBolt, Huntington, Indiana
Ingredients
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1 cup shortening
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2 cups sugar
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2 large eggs, separated, room temperature
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1 cup buttermilk
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5 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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Pinch salt
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Juice and grated zest of 2 medium navel oranges
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ICING:
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2 cups confectioners' sugar
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1/4 cup orange juice
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1 tablespoon butter
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1 tablespoon grated orange zest
Directions
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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.
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2.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake until set, about 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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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.
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