Beth's Orange Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 4 tablespoons butter melted
• 1.5 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 2  eggs 
• 5 cups flour all-purpose
• 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate frozen thawed
• 0.5 teaspoon orange zest grated
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup shortening 
• 1 cup cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 2 cups sugar white

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Cream white sugar and shortening; add eggs and stir.
2. Add sour cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla; stir and set aside. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Add little by little to the creamed mixture and stir well.
4. Add 3/4 cup orange juice concentrate, and 2 tablespoons orange zest. Drop onto greased cookie sheets by teaspoonfuls.
5. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 10 minutes. Frost cookies when they are cool.
6. Mix together 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, 2 Tablespoons of the thawed orange juice concentrate, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 Tablespoons of melted butter, 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar or enough to make frosting of spreading consistency.