Orange Tea Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp grated orange rind
2 Tbs orange juice
2 cups sifted flour
Instructions
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add well beaten egg and mix well. Add orange rind and juice. Mix well. Add sifted flour. Chill dough for a few hours. Roll dough thin on a floured board and cut with small round cutter. Bake on greased cookie sheets in 400-degree oven for about 6 minutes. When cool frost ½ of the cookies with grange frosting. Cover with remaining cookies.
Notes
Orange Frosting
1 ¾ cups plus 2 Tbs sifted confectioner’s sugar
3 Tbs orange juice
3 Tbs melted butter
1 ½ tsp grated orange rind
Mix all ingredients well and put between tow cookies.
Recipe Yield
Makes about 6 - 7 dozen sandwich cookies 1x
Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ☆
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