Name: Grandma's Star Cookies
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 7 servings
Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups butter, softened; 1/2 cup shortening; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1/4 cup thawed orange juice concentrate; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 5 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; FROSTING:; 3 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup butter, melted; 1-1/2 teaspoons thawed orange juice concentrate; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 to 4 tablespoons whole milk; Optional: Food coloring and sprinkles or colored sugar

My husband's grandma would make these butter cutouts only with a star cookie cutter. I use various shapes for celebrations throughout the year. —Jenny Brown, West Lafayette, Indiana

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

1/4 cup thawed orange juice concentrate

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

FROSTING:

3 cups confectioners' sugar

1/4 cup butter, melted

1-1/2 teaspoons thawed orange juice concentrate

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 to 4 tablespoons whole milk

Optional: Food coloring and sprinkles or colored sugar

Instructions

1 In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice concentrate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until dough is easy to handle, about 2 hours.

2 On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a 3-in. star-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until edges are firm, 7-8 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

3 For frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, orange juice concentrate, vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired. Frost cookies; decorate as desired.