[net.cooks] Orange Cookies

jj (05/30/82)

This recipe is a good soft cookie recipe for anytime.  It is relatively 
easy to make.
Cookie Ingr:

3.5 C. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 c crisco
2 large eggs
1 c sour milk, 1/2 cour cream and 1/2 milk, or ...
2 tsp baking pwdr (DA)
1/2 tsp soda
1.5 c brown sugar (light)
Grated rind of 1 large orange ( clean and scrub the wax off first.

Cream chortening, add sugar gradually, add eggs and orange rind,
sift flour with dry ingredients, add to shortening with milk, in parts.
Make 1tsp crops on greased cookie sheets.
Bake 350 F for 15 min, or until just brown around edges and not mushy inside.
Frost while warm.

Icing:
2tbsp butter (softened)
1/4 C. orange juice
2C xxxx sugar

Cream butter, add sugar and orange juice in parts.
Frost cookies while warm