INGREDIENTS: -
- 7 cups flour
- 6 tsp. baking powder
- 1-1/2 cups butter
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 large eating orange and the grated rind
- 1/2 cup orange juice
DIRECTIONS:
Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, rind and orange juice
using electric mixer. With a wooden spoon, add flour and baking
powder (that has been sifted together) a little at a time until it is
all mixed well. Knead about two minutes. The dough will be soft.
Take a piece of dough the size of a golf ball and roll into a 2 or 3"
tube or rope-like shape . Shape this rope into an "S" or circle. Place
on a cookie sheet about 1-1/2" apart. Bake at 400 degrees 8 minutes
on the middle shelf of the oven and about 4 minutes on the top shelf.
Frost with thin frosting.
Note: For vanilla flavor, omit the orange rind and juice and
substitute 2 tbs. Vanilla and 1/2 cup milk.
This same recipe using the vanilla and milk and 4 tsp. of baking
powder instead of 6, can be used to make a filled cookie, kinda
like a half round shape/crescent shape and filled with the
following:
1-1/2 boxes raisins (15 oz. size)
1 pkg. dry figs on string
1/2 lb. almonds (roasted)
1/2 lb. walnuts (roasted)
1 jar honey (8 oz.)
1 orange (thick skinned)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
Wash raisins and figs and dry overnight. Chop nuts. Grind raisins,
figs, and orange (skin and all) together. After grinding, add all other
ingredients and mix well! Take a piece of dough the size of a golf ball,
and roll it around. Flatten and fill with 1 tablespoonful of the mixture.
Fold over and shape like a crescent. Put seam side down and make a
couple of slits in each side. Place on cookie sheet 1-1/2" apart. Bake
at 400 degrees, 7 minutes on the middle shelf and 6 minutes on the top
shelf for a total of 13 minutes.
Submitted by: Bea Banker
