Orange Cookies

½ cup shortening 

1 cup sugar 

1 egg 

¼ tsp vanilla 

2 ½ cups flour 

6 Tbl orange zest (I used the zest of 2 oranges) 

¼ cup buttermilk 

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp baking powder 

½ tsp baking soda 

½ cup orange juice (freshly juiced from the oranges you zested)

Icing 

3 Tbl softened butter 

3 Tbl orange rind (I used the zest of 1 orange) 

2 cups powdered sugar 

enough orange juice to thin to a nice glaze

Cream shortening and sugar.  Add egg, vanilla, salt, baking powder and soda.  Mix well.  Add the orange juice alternating with the flour until well blended.  Fold in orange rind.  Drop by spoonfuls onto a baking sheet.  Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.  Remove to a cooling rack.  When cookies are still warm, spread with icing.  Makes about 3 dozen.

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