Melt-in-Your Mouth Orange Krispies

It's a SNOW day in Vermont and with 2 feet of snow on the ground and still snowing, it is the perfect time to make my "Melt-in-Your Mouth Orange Krispies!"

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 Cup Crisco Shortening (1 Stick)
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Large Egg
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Orange Extract
• 1 1/2 Cup King Arthur Flour All Purpose Flour
• Orange Sprinkles

• Check your oven to make sure it's EMPTY!

• Set your oven to 375 degrees F.

Mix together the stick of shortening and the salt until well mixed.

Cream or mix together the salt and the shortening until it is fluffy.

• Cover your cookie sheets with parchment paper or baking spray.

• Drop your cookies by teaspoonful onto the cookie sheets.

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• Add to your creamed shortening/salt mixture:
  • Egg
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons of Orange Extract
  • 1 C. Sugar
  • 1 1/2 C. Flour

Lightly sprinkle the cookies BEFORE you bake them with Orange Sprinkles!

• Place large cookie sheet into the oven.

• For best results, only bake one level of sheets at a time.

• Take your cookie sheet out of the oven and place on the counter to cool for 2 min.

• After 2 min., take the cookies off the cookie sheet and place on cooling rack.

• Continue those steps until all cookie dough is used up about 4 dozens bite size cookies!

• Store the leftover cookies in an air-tight container. (If you haven't eaten them all!)

• Clean up and put your recipe away!

• • Just as an option for future cookies - extract flavors and sprinkle colors can be changed out to depending on the season! For example, raspberry extract and red sprinkles for Valentine's Day.

• Now you deserve a cup of tea and a melt-in-your mouth orange krispie!

• After all....life is short - eat dessert first!

• Enjoy the rest of your SNOW day!