Miller Family: Orange Cookies

Orange Cookies
Ingredients
Rind and juice of 2 oranges – about ¾ cup
½	Cup	Butter	¼	Cup		Orange Mixture
1 ¾	Cup	Raw or mixed white and brown Sugar	3	Cups		All Purpose Flour
3	Large	Eggs beaten	2	Teaspoons		Baking Powder
1	Teaspoon	Lemon Flavoring	¼	Teaspoon		Baking soda
½	Cup	Milk		Dash		Salt
Directions
1.            Cream butter and sugar
2.            Add eggs, flavoring, milk and orange mixture.  Mix well.
3.            Add dry ingredients, stirring but not over-mixing.
4.            Spoon out on greased floured cookie tin or onto a pan with waxed paper
5.            Bake at 350° for 8 minutes.  The tops will brown.
6.            Place balls of dough 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
ICING
1 ½	Lbs	Powdered Sugar	½		Cup	Orange Mixture
2	Tablespoon	Butter
7.            Beat then spread on cookies one minute after cookies are taken from pan
8.            Transfer cookies to wax paper to cool.