Orange Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
• 2 teaspoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 beat butter in a mixing bowl at medium speed of an electric mixer gradually adding powdered sugar, beating well.
• 2 add orange rind and concentrate.
• 3 stir in flour.
• 4 press dough into a lightly greased 15- by 10- by 1-inch jellyroll pan; prick all over with a fork.
• 5 cut into 1-1/2-inch diamonds.
• 6 place a sliced almond in center of each diamond.
• 7 bake at 300 degrees f. for 30 minutes or until done.
• 8 recut diamonds while warm.
• 9 let cool in pan on a wire rack.