Fresh Orange Cookies

Cookies
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 cup dairy sour cream
2 eggs
4 cups Pillsbury’s Best All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2/3 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons grated orange peel

Frosting
¼ cup margarine or butter, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 to 3 tablespoons orange juice

Heat oven to 375º F. In large bowl, beat sugar and 1 cup margarine until light and fluffy. Add sour cream and eggs; blend well. Lightly wpoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour and remaining cookie ingredients; mix well. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake at 375º F for 8 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets.

In small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients, adding enough orange juice for desired spreading consistency. Frost warm cookies. 6 dozen cookies.