Glazed Orange-Spice Cookies
Glazed Orange-Spice Cookies might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 30. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 167 calories. For 22 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have flour, salt, ground allspice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 59 people were glad they tried this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. It is brought to you by Leites Culinaria. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns an improvable spoonacular score of 10%. Similar recipes include Rum-Glazed Spice Cocktail Cookies, Orange Spice Cookies, and Raisin Spice Squares with Orange frosting – these are rich cookies, that are complimented with orange frosting.
Servings: 30
Preparation duration: 35 minutes
Cooking duration: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 large egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons orange juice
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
Pinch of salt
1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
A 1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Equipment:
oven
frying pan
bowl
plastic wrap
cookie cutter
paper towels
Cooking instruction summary:
Make the cookies1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a sheet pan well and set aside.2. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and beat on high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl often, until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, add the egg and vanilla extract, and mix well.3. Add the cream of tartar, flour, zest, spices, and salt, and mix on low speed until all of the ingredients are incorporated. Increase the speed to medium and mix until the dough is smooth.4. Remove the dough from the mixer and form it into a ball. If it’s too soft to handle, cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate until it firms up a bit. On a well-floured board, roll the dough out to a thickness of about 1/4 inch. Cut into shapes with the cookie cutters of your choice. Place on the prepared pan and bake 8 to 10 minutes.Glaze the cookies5. Prepare the glaze by mixing the powered sugar, vanilla, and orange juice until smooth.6. Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately brush each one with a good amount of glaze, then place them back in the oven and bake until the glaze starts to crackle and the cookies are a golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes more. Remove the cookies and let cool for about 5 minutes on the pan, then transfer to a rack or to paper towels and let cool completely.
Step by step:
1. Make the cookies
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a sheet pan well and set aside.
3. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and beat on high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl often, until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, add the egg and vanilla extract, and mix well.
4. Add the cream of tartar, flour, zest, spices, and salt, and mix on low speed until all of the ingredients are incorporated. Increase the speed to medium and mix until the dough is smooth.
5. Remove the dough from the mixer and form it into a ball. If it’s too soft to handle, cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate until it firms up a bit. On a well-floured board, roll the dough out to a thickness of about 1/4 inch.
6. Cut into shapes with the cookie cutters of your choice.
7. Place on the prepared pan and bake 8 to 10 minutes.Glaze the cookies
8. Prepare the glaze by mixing the powered sugar, vanilla, and orange juice until smooth.
9. Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately brush each one with a good amount of glaze, then place them back in the oven and bake until the glaze starts to crackle and the cookies are a golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes more.
10. Remove the cookies and let cool for about 5 minutes on the pan, then transfer to a rack or to paper towels and let cool completely.
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