Name: Orange Cookies With Orange Icing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 60 serving(s)
Ingredients: 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; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup orange juice; 2 tablespoons butter, melted (not margarine)

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Recipe by Aroostook

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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!

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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

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

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review by gduff13

2/10/2013

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

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review by Barb15717

12/22/2009

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

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review by Cristin

7/21/2004

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.

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review by BayLeigh Ann

3/14/2004

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.

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