Recipe: Lanet: Orange slice cookies & bars

Here are two recipes using candy orange slices. The orange slice
cookie recipe is from _Southern Living Our Best Christmas
Recipes_, so I know it is a keeper. (Never had a bad thing from
them yet)

Hint: use kitchen shears to snip orange slices into tiny
pieces. Spray the shears w/vegetable cooking spray to help
prevent sticking.

Orange Slice Cookies

1 1/2 C chopped candy orange slices
1/4 C all purpose flour
1 C butter or margarine, softened
1 C firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 C sugar
2 large eggs
2 T. milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 C all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 1/2 C quick cooking oats, uncooked
1 C flaked coconut

Combine chopped orange slices & 1/4 C flour in a medium bowl,
tossing to coat candy. Set aside. Beat butter @ medium speed
of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars,
beating well. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla; beat well. Combine
2 C flour & next 4 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture,
beating well. Stir in candy mixture, oats & coconut.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased
cookie sheets. Bake @ 375 deg. F. for 10 min. or until lightly
browned. Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks,
& let cool completely. Yield: 9 doz.

Orange Slice Squares

4 eggs
1/4 C milk
1 lb box light brown sugar
2 C flour
1 1/2 C candied orange slices, chopped
1 C chopped pecans

Beat eggs, Add milk & brown sugar, & beat well. Sift flour
and add to mixture, reserving enough flour to mix with chopped
orange slices & pecans. Fold into mixture. Pour batter onto a
15 x 10 x 1-inch well greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 deg. F.
for 20 min. Cool. Spread icing evenly on top. Cut into squares.

Icing for Orange Slice Squares

1 T butter, softened
3 T evaporated milk
1 T orange rind
2 C powdered sugar

Combine all ingredients thorougly.