Frosted Orange Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large navel oranges
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 score each orange into quarters with sharp knife.peel.remove pith from oranges and peel --
• 2 discard pith -- quarter oranges, add to blender with peels.blend till smooth.
• 3 measure out 3/4 cup for use in this recipe.refrigerate any remaining for use in another recipe.
• 4 cream crisco and sugar in large bowl -- blend in milk and 6 tbls orange mixture.set aside.
• 5 combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt .mix into creamed mixture.
• 6 drop by tspful 2" apart on greased cookie sheets.
• 7 bake at 350* for 10-13 minutes.
• 8 remove to wire racks to cool.
• 9 whisk powdered sugar and butter and enough of remaining orange mixture to desired spreading consistency --
• 10 frost cookies.