Iced Orange Cookies Food

ICED ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in orange juice and peel.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
• Remove to wire racks to cool.
• In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cooled cookies.

GRANDMA BRUBAKER'S ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg yolks and buttermilk. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice and zest. Add egg whites and beat until smooth. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake until set, about 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., For icing, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cookies.

ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the buttermilk, eggs, orange juice and zest. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. , Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For icing, combine the confectioners' sugar, orange extract and enough orange juice to achieve desired consistency. Spread over cooled cookies.

ORANGE ICED CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Cream together the butter and sugars. Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice, mix thoroughly.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet ingredients, mixing only until combined.
• Stir in cranberries and nuts.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, on a cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, and then cool on a rack about 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl stir all icing ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies. I like to put the icing into a small ziploc bag, snip off the corner, and pipe spirals onto the cookies.

ICED ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• in a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
• add eggs, one a time, beating well after each addition.
• beat in orange juice and peel.
• combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• drop by heaping teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• bake at 350 degrees, for 10-12 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
• remove to wire racks to cool.
• in a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth.
• drizzle over cooled cookies.

ORANGE ICED COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Combine rind and juice of 2 oranges, eggs and buttermilk.
• Add this to cream mixture alternately with flour, soda, baking powder and salt.
• Add 2 teaspoons orange juice to this batter.
• Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.
• When cool, ice with orange icing above.