I have been busy making a huge mess this weekend.  I have been baking cookies.  I did not get as many done as I had hoped, but that is the way it goes with 4 taste testers in the house.  Meals still needed to be cooked, laundry still needed to be done, and I was trying to bake cookies.

I did get a few different kinds done and the recipes will be up different days this week.  I am really trying hard to balance family, school, myself, and the blog.  With the holidays in full swing you will have to forgive me if the blog takes a back seat some days.  I will be re-posting old meal deals for the next couple weeks.  They will still be delicious and great ideas for those of you that missed them the first time around.  I will be posting more cookie recipes, and a couple of fun craft ideas.

I will try to stay on top of the best deals I see for the holidays, and of course bring you the coupons and the sales as they roll in.  I am going to limit my posting to first thing in the morning and late at night.  This is when you will find the “fresh” deals and recipes.

This recipe today is so moist and yummy! It is for Orange cookies.  These are a soft cake like cookie that you ice while warm.  They are simply to die for!  This is another large recipe.  It will make about 6 dozen!  It is super easy.  The most time consuming part is grating the oranges for the zest, and that only takes a couple minutes.

Orange Cookies
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• 1 Cup Butter (softened)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
  
• 3 oranges (grated and juiced)
• 6 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp vinegar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   
2. Grate orange rinds to get zest.  You will want the zest of all 3 oranges.  After you have grated cut open and juice the oranges.
3. Cream together butter and sugar; add eggs, juice and grated rind of oranges. Mix thoroughly.
4. Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
5. In a small bowl, mix together milk and vinegar or use buttermilk.
6. Alternate adding milk and dry ingredients to creamed mixture, mixing well after each addition.
7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto un-greased cookie sheet.
8. Bake for 15 minute or until light brown.  Ice cookies while warm

Icing

• 16oz powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• juice and rind of 1 orange

Whisk together to make icing for orange cookies.  Drizzle over cookies, or dip cookies into icing while still warm.

Recipe makes 6 dozen cookies!

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