Almond Orange Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 orange
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 3/4 cups ground almonds
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenhet.
• 2 whisk the shortening in a large bowl until light and aerated. use an electric mixer if possible.
• 3 gradually beat in the granulated sugar.
• 4 grate the rind of the orange onto a plate and squeeze juice into a cup. be careful to remove any seeds from the juice.
• 5 whisk the eggs, orange rind and orange juice into the shortening mixture and continue for 3 to minutes after combined.
• 6 sift flour together with baking powder in a separate bowl.
• 7 stir the flour mixture and almonds into the shortening mixture until it forms a dough.
• 8 lightly flour a flat surface and roll out the dough until it's about 1/2-inch thick.
• 9 use a round cookie cutter to cut out 36 round cookies and place them on baking sheets.
• 10 bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees f until golden.
• 11 remove from oven and allow to cool and firm on baking sheets for about 10 minutes.
• 12 mix confectioner's sugar with cinnamon and sift this mixture evenly over the baked cookies as they cool.