Buttermilk Orange Cookies
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Serves: 5 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp SACO Cultured Buttermilk Blend
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup solid shortening
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tsp orange zest, grated
- ¾ cup nuts, chopped
- Orange Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1½ tsp orange zest orange juice
Instructions
- Cookies (
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Grease cookie sheets.
- In medium mixing bowl sift together the flour, SACO Buttermilk Blend, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In large mixing bowl beat together the shortening and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add the dry ingredients and the water alternately, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix just until smooth.
- Do not overbeat.
- Add the vanilla, orange zest and nuts; mix well.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet, about one inch apart.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
- Frost with Orange Frosting while still warm.
- Orange Frosting
- In medium mixing bowl beat together powdered sugar, orange zest and enough orange juice for the frosting to have a fairly thin spreading consistency.
- Frost warm cookies.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 107 Fat: 4g Saturated fat: 1g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 16g Sugar: 9g Sodium: 76mg Fiber: 0g Protein: 1g Cholesterol: 0mg