Orange Jumbles

-my Aunt Dixie

Mix:            ½ cup shortening                        1 egg

                   1 cup sugar

Stir in:         ¾ cup buttermilk                        1 orange peel, grated

                   1 tsp. orange extract

Sift in:         2 cups flour                                    ½ tsp. salt

                   ½ tsp. baking soda                        ¼ tsp. cinnamon

Chill dough. When cold, drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2” apart on greased sheet. Bake until set – but not brown, for 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees.