Orange/Cheese Cookies

Name: Orange/Cheese Cookies
Yield: Makes about 12½ dozen
Ingredients: 1 c. sugar; 1 tsp. baking powder; Dash of salt; 2½ c. sifted flour; 1 tblsp. orange juice; 1 tblsp. grated orange peel; 1 egg; 1 c. butter or regular margarine; 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese

Preparation info

Makes about
12½ dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

They look like little washboards—taste rich and luscious

Ingredients

1 c. butter or regular margarine
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Combine butter and cream cheese; beat until light. Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is fluffy. Beat in egg, orange peel and juice to blend thoroughly.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture, blending well.
Put plate with narrow slit in cookie press. Put a fourth of dough into press at a time and press rows of strip