[KE]

Goodmorning. Looking for recipe for Orange Drop Cookies. The ones that stay soft. I lost my mothers recipe, but seem to remember that there was orange juice in the dough, and the icing had bits of orange rind in it?????

I know one of you fine ladies have it.....Karen

[Catspaw]

Goodmorning. Looking for recipe for Orange Drop Cookies. The ones that stay soft. I lost my mothers recipe, but seem to remember that there was orange juice in the dough, and the icing had bits of orange rind in it?????

This one? If not, I'll check my One Million Recipes software, but that's at work. This is from recipes I collected from the web in MealMaster format.

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Title: Orange Drop Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 Batch

3/4 c Shortening
1/4 c Butter
1 1/2 c Brown Sugar
2 Well beaten Eggs
1/2 c Fresh Orange Juice
1 ts Vanilla
3 1/2 c Flour
1/4 ts Salt
2 ts Baking Powder
1 ts Soda
2 tb Grated Orange Rind
3/4 c Sour milk or Buttermilk

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1/2 c Butter
4 c Powdered Sugar
1/3 c Evaporated Milk
1 ts Vanilla
2 tb Grated Orange Rind

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, orange juice, rinds, vanilla and sour milk. Mix well. Add all dry ingredients which have been sifted (NOT! I'm lazy) together. Blend everything together well. Optional - one cup of nuts. Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet, (I used teflon cookie sheet ~ no greasing) Bake at 350% for 5 to 8 minutes.

ICING: Beat it all together and slap on the VERY COOLED DOWN cookies.

This makes a cake like cookie just exploding with orange flavor

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