Orange Cookies
Traditional Orange Cookies are perfect with orange icing glaze- sweet and fruity. These slightly tart desserts taste just like grandma made!
Servings: 30
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 1/2 cup Sour Cream
- 1 Egg
- 2 cup Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Orange Juice
- 1 tsp Orange Extract
- 1 Orange's Zest
Frosting
- 2 tbsp Butter melted
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 Orange's Zest
- 2 tsp Orange Extract
- 1-2 tbsp Orange Juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In large bowl, cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
- Beat in sour cream and egg until blended.
- Beat in orange juice, orange extract and orange zest.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix well.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- While dough is chilling. make frosting.
- In a medium bowl, combine melted butter, powdered sugar, orange zest and orange extract.
- Add enough orange juice and mix to acheive desired consistency for icing.
- Drop tablespoon sized dollops of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until edges are just golden brown.
- Immediately remove from cookie sheet and frost while warm.
Notes
We made our glaze a bit thicker- like an icing- but you may want to aim for a thinner glaze like grandma used to make. Just add a touch of milk or more orange juice for a thinner consistency.
Nutrition
Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 88mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 157IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg