Title: Bewitching Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 72 servings
3/4 c Shortening
1/4 c Unsalted butter
1 1/2 c Packed light brown sugar
2 lg Eggs; lightly beaten
2 tb Grated orange peel
1/4 c Orange juice
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Buttermilk
3 1/2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Semisweet chocolate morsels
Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10/28/96
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using electric mixer, cream together
shortening, butter and brown sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, orange peel, orange juice, vanilla and buttermilk until
well-combined. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in
separate bowl. Blend into butter mixture until combined. Stir in chocolate
morsels. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls onto 2 greased baking sheets. Bake 12
to 15 minutes or until brown around edges and bottoms. Yield: 6 dozen. By
Janice Wald Henderson.
