Iced Orange Cookies

Orange Cookies #

Ingredients #

Cookies #

  • 1 cup butter
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 4 1/2 cups of white flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Icing #

  • Juice of 1/2 orange
  • 4 cups of powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. butter, melted

Instructions #

Cookies #

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Cream butter, orange juice, and sugar in a large mixing bowl
  • Add eggs into butter, orange juice, and sugar mix and incorporate well
  • In a separate bowl, sift in flour, baking soda, and baking powder. And then beat dry ingredients into butter, orange juice, and sugar mix.
  • Beat in buttermilk.
  • Drop tablespoon-fulls of the dough onto a baking sheet and bake 8-12 minutes until golden brown, allow to cool completely before adding icing.

Icing #

  • Mix sugar, butterm and orange juice in a bowl and spread on completely cooled cookies.