Sunshine Orange Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and zest. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. , Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cooled cookies.

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 400* for 8-10 minutes or until just barely browned around the rim. Allow to cool; then frost.
• ***Frosting***.
• Cream sugar and butter together.
• Add orange juice and zest; blend well. I start with the smaller amount than add more to increase orange flavor to desired level.
• Add milk a little at a time until frosting is spreadable.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter.
• Add in the sugar and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until mixture is light and fluffy.
• Add in egg; beat well.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Add dry mixture to the creamed mixture; stir to mix.
• Add in rind, juice, oats, raisins, and pecans; stir to combine.
• Drop cookie dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Let cool a couple minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack to continue cooling.

Steps:

• Cream butter and honey.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
• In separate bowl mix dry ingredients. Slowly add to honey mixture. Beat until smooth.
• Stir in raisins, coconut and sunflower seeds.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and orange extract; mix well.
• Combine dry ingredients; stir.
• Add dry ingredients to batter a little at a time, mixing to incorporate.
• Stir in chocolate chips, nuts and rind.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes (or at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes) until golden brown.
• Cut into bars while still warm.
• NOTES:.
• Can double recipe and bake in a 10x15 inch jelly roll pan at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• Can bake as drop cookies: chill dough, place rounds on ungreased cookie sheets and flatten each cookie slightly, bake at 375 degrees about 10 minutes.