Orange Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup crisco
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large oranges, juice and rind of
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 orange, juice and rind of

Recipe

• 1 combine flour and baking soda and set aside.
• 2 mix crisco, sugar and eggs and mix well.
• 3 stir in orange juice and orange rind.
• 4 add flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• 5 drop by teaspoonful on lightly greased sheets.
• 6 bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes. cool on wire racks and frost with orange frosting.
• 7 to prepare orange frosting: cream all frosting ingredients till smooth. if mixture is too stiff, add a little more orange juice.
• 8 frost cookies after cookies are cooled.