Grandma Overby's Orange Cookies

Name: Grandma Overby's Orange Cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup shortening (lately I've been subbing with butter); 1/2 cup butter; 3 eggs; 4 cups AP flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 cup buttermilk; Juice from 3 oranges (about 1 cup); 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

TheBulldog @thebulldog

I always make these around Christmas...

TheBulldog @thebulldog

I always make these around Christmas...

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupshortening (lately I've been subbing with butter)
1/2 cupbutter
3eggs
4 cupsAP flour
1 tspbaking soda
2 tspbaking powder
1 cupbuttermilk
Juice from 3 oranges (about 1 cup)
2 1/2 cupspowdered sugar

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Steps

1

Cream together sugar, shortening, butter (melted) and eggs in a large bowl.
2

Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder, buttermilk, and juice from 2 of the oranges. Sometimes I substitute orange juice instead of squeezed. Try 2/3 cup if you do. Mix well. The batter will be similar to heavy pancake batter.
3

Pre-heat oven to 365°F.
Spoon out a large spoon of batter onto an ungreased cookie sheet (lately Ive been using wax paper). You can also transfer the batter to a measuring cup and pour them onto the tray.
4

Bake until edges are brown and centers spring back when touched.
5

FROSTING: mix juice from 1 of the squeezed oranges (1/2 cup oj) with powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon melted butter. Then zest the entire skin of an orange into the mixture and mix.
6

Frost while still warm.