Orange Cookies With Orange Icing

Submitted by Aroostook

"These are sun-shiny good! A co-worker gave me this recipe to try. She found it on the web some time ago and passed it on to me....and now to you!"

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 60

ingredients

• Cookies

• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed or out of the carton)
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

• Icing

• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄4 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted (not margarine)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
3. Add eggs,and mix in well.
4. Add orange juice/peel.
5. Combine dry ingredients and gradually add to the creamed mixture.
6. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
8. Remove to wire racks to cool.
9. Mix frosting ingredients until smooth and drizzle over cooled cookies.

Reviews

[gduff13]

These cookies are light and tasty and not to sweet....

 

[Barb15717]

I made these the taste was great I even added extra OJ and the texture was great

 

[Cristin]

This recipe is almost identical to my Grandmother's with the exception that she did not have baking powder in her's. Instead she had 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. This was always her most requested cookie. Give that a try maybe it will work out better for you.

 

[BayLeigh Ann]

I'm not sure what went wrong but these were.. well.. bad. They tasted like shortening and flour. I added an additional tbsp of orange zest to no avail. I even used fresh squeezed orange juice from wonderfully tasty oranges. If I attempt these again, I'll use butter instead of shortening and some orange extract for added flavor. Maybe I did something wrong? I don't know - I'm definitely not an expert cook but I usually can follow a recipe.