Orange Shortbread Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
2 teaspoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
sliced almonds

Preparation

Beat butter in a mixing bowl at medium speed of an electric mixer gradually adding powdered sugar, beating well.
Add orange rind and concentrate.
Stir in flour.
Press dough into a lightly greased 15- by 10- by 1-inch jellyroll pan; prick all over with a fork.
Cut into 1-1/2-inch diamonds.
Place a sliced almond in center of each diamond.
Bake at 300 degrees F. for 30 minutes or until done.
Recut diamonds while warm.
Let cool in pan on a wire rack.