Orange Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sour cream or sour milk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/3 c. orange juice or juice and grated rind of 2 medium oranges
4 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Add baking soda to sour milk.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and orange juice (or rind, if used).
Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
Add alternately with sour milk and baking soda mixture.
Add vanilla.
Add red and yellow food coloring to make desired shade of orange (this is optional).