These cookies are just as sweet and citrusy as our Frosted Lemon Cookies, but with a bright orange flavor like our Orange Brownies.
Calling all Orange Lovers!
Here in Arizona, our citrus is ripe and ready to pick in the winter, typically in December and January. I especially love our orange trees! We juice a ton and freeze orange juice to last us all year long, but we also use it in some scrumptious desserts like today’s orange cookies. Here’s why they’re a favorite:
Flavor. These orange cookies are one recipe that really packs a citrus-y punch. They are bright and tasty. Glaze. The glaze is absolutely heavenly! The cookies are good on their own, but the glaze really completes them. Quick. Once you’ve gathered all the ingredients, it only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish to whip these up. Easy peasy!
If you love fruit-flavored cookies and oranges, you’ll love this sweet treat!
Ingredients
granulated sugar butter softened – Be sure that the butter is softened, but not too soft, and definitely not melted. butter flavored shortening salt egg – room temperature so it incorporates better with the other ingredients light corn syrup orange zest – Wash the outside of the orange and dry it. Then use a microplane grater, citrus zester, or the small side of a box grater to rub the orange peel all over. orange juice – Juice the orange after is has been zested. You will only need one medium orange to produce the needed 2 ½ teaspoons of orange juice. all-purpose flour baking powder baking soda powdered sugar sifted milk
How to Make Orange Cookies
Storing Cookies
DOUGH. Mix up the dough and keep it covered in the refrigerator for 2-3 days before you need to bake it. You can also form the dough into balls and place them in the freezer. Once the dough balls are solid transfer them to a freezer Ziploc. They can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months. Bake them directly out of the freezer, but be sure to add 2-3 extra minutes to the baking time. BAKED. Allow the orange sugar cookies to cool completely on a wire rack before storing otherwise the steam gets trapped in the container and can cause soggy cookies that don’t last as long. Store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. Be sure to separate layers with wax or parchment paper so that they don’t stick together. To freeze, place the cookies in a freezer-safe container separating the layers with wax paper and freeze for up to 3 months.
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