Grandma’s Log Cabin Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup Crisco shortening
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 5 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 orange rind

  grated
• 2 tsp. lemon extract
• 8 tsp. baking powder

  (YES, THAT'S EIGHT TEASPOONS!)
• 1 cup half-and-half

  or whole milk
• 1 cup powdered sugar

  to roll the cookie dough in

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 Combine shortening, granulated sugar, and eggs in a mixing bowl and mix with an
  electric mixer until thoroughly mixed.
• 3 Add orange rind, lemon extract and baking powder and mix again with an electric
  mixer being sure to work all the baking powder into all areas of the dough.
• 4 Add half and half and cream the ingredients with the electric mixer until
  fluffy.
• 5 (I added it slowly to avoid spatters).
• 6 Stir in flour until the dough is very well mixed.
• 7 Chill dough at least one hour so it’s easier to handle.
• 8 Remove bowl of dough from refrigerator.
• 9 Place powdered sugar in a small mixing bowl.
• 10 Pinch off golf-ball sized pieces of dough.
• 11 Roll dough into balls; then roll the dough into powdered sugar.
• 12 Place balls on greased baking sheets leaving room so the balls aren’t crowded.
• 13 Bake approximately 10-12 minutes or until done.
• 14 Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after eight minutes of baking time. 

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