Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies

• Produce

  • 1 tbsp Orange peel
  • 1 Peel of, Juice and grated

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 5 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Shortening
  • 2 cups Sugar

• Drinks

  • 1/4 cup Orange juice

• Dairy

  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • 1 cup Buttermilk

Found on tasteofhome.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• Pinch salt
• Juice and grated 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

• 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. Originally published as Grandma Brubaker's Orange Cookies in Grandmas Great Desserts Cookbook 1992, p48 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: thumbnails-i, container: taboola-native-stream-thumbnails, placement: Native Stream Thumbnails, target_type: mix });

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