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Grammie Dailey's Favorite Orange Drop Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. EACH of baking powder and salt
Grated rind of one orange
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup orange juice
2 eggs
4 cups flour.

For the Orange Icing
2 TBS. butter softened
1 cup 10X sugar
2 TBS. Orange Juice
Grated Rind of one orange
Directions:
Directions:
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, orange juice. Drop by heaping teaspon onto parchment covered cookie sheets. Bake at 325 degrees for about 12 minutes. Makes between 5 and 6 dozen cookies.

Mix all icing ingredients together until smooth. Using a pastry brush spread the icing onto warm, NOT HOT, cookies!
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5 to 6 dpzen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Of all the cookies Grammie Dailey baked and shared with anyone who came to visit, next door neighbors, shut-ins, family members, friends, church dinners, nursing home friends, these were the most requested cookies by far.

Everyone who knew Grammie Dailey was familiar with her Orange Drop Cookies.

 

 

 

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