Ingredients:

3/4 c 1/4 c 1 1/2 c 2 2 T 1/4 c 1 tsp 1 c 3 1/2 c 2 tsp 1 tsp 1/3 tsp 1 c

shortening butter or margarine brown sugar eggs, beaten grated orange peel orange juice vanilla buttermilk or sour milk sifted all purpose flour baking powder baking soda salt chopped nuts

Procedure:

1.  Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2.  Thoroughly cream together shortening, butter and brown sugar.
3.  Beat in eggs, orange peel, orange juice, vanilla and buttermilk.
4.  Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture.
5.  Add nuts.
6.  Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
7.  Bake for 15 minutes.

Yields: About 4 dozen.