RECIPES FOR Orange Sugar Cookies

Orange Sugar Cookies

 

Cream together:

 

½ cup butter

1 cup white sugar

½ Tsp. grated orange rind

1 egg

 

Add:

 

¼ cup orange juice

2 or 2 ½ cups white flour, sifted with 4 level teaspoons baking powder.

 

Roll out dough and use cookie cutters to make shapes.

 

Bake in 350° oven for 10 minutes or until slightly brown.

 

Grandma Anderson probably brought this recipe from Sweden and made them at Christmas.  She used cookie cutters in the shapes of bells, stars and Christmas trees and decorated them with red and green sugar.