Orange Cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup margarine
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅓ cup fresh orange juice
  • ⅓ cup fresh orange peel (grated fine)
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 4-1/2 to 4-3/4 cups flour (sift after measuring)
Instructions
  1. Mix margarine, sugar, eggs, orange juice, and orange peel.
  2. Mix soda with buttermilk.
  3. Sift together baking powder and flour.
  4. Add buttermilk and flour to margarine mixture.
  5. Drop by spoon on ungreased baking sheet - flatten slightly with damp fingers.
  6. Bake 9 minutes at 350°
  7. Remove from pan immediately, cool and frost with following: 1lb powdered sugar, 1 tbsp melted margarine, 1 heaping tsp fresh grated orange peel, and fresh orange juice to make it spreadable.
Notes
Note says: "Better flavor if baked and set over night."
Recipe by Fink at http://www.fink-family.com/orange-cookies/