Diabetic orange cookies

1 md Orange
    1/2 c  Shortening
      2 tb Granualted sugar replacement
           Or granulated fructose
      1    Egg
      2 c  flour
    1/2 ts baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  buttermilk
 
     Juice the grate the rind of the orange, remove seeds from the juice.
  Cream together shortening and sugar replacement. Add egg, orange juice and
  grated orange rind, beating until light and fluffy. Combine flour, baking
  powder, baking soda and salt in sifter, and add alternately with buttermilk
  to creamed ixture. stir to blend. Drop by teaspoonsful onto lightly greased
  cookie sheets, 2-3 inches apart.
     Bake at 375 F for 10-12 minutes. Exchange 1 cookie with sugar
  replacement:1/3 fruit, 1/3 fat Calories 1 cookie with sugar repalcement: 27
  Exchange 1 cookie with frutose: 1/3 fruit, 1/3 fat Calories 1 cookie with
  frutose: 30 Source; Diabetic Candy, Cookie and Dessertr Cookbook by
  MaryJane Finsand.
 
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