Orange Drop Cookies
These sound delicious and comes to me from a very good friend in the US, and her description of these is "They are a light cookie. Not as heavy as I expected. This is now, my favorite." I look forward to making these as well as enjoying them.
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 8 minutes mins
Total Time 38 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
For the Cookies
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
For the Glaze
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
For the Cookies
Preheat your oven to 200 C (400 F).
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth, then add orange juice, zest, and the egg.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt (just put that all in a separate bowl and mix it). Now mix that into the wet ingredients. Mix well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
For the Glaze
In a mixing bowl, add the Glaze ingredients. Beat together. If glaze is too runny, mix in more powdered sugar, if too thick, add more orange juice a few drops at a time.
Drizzle glaze over the cooled cookies, enjoy.
Low cost.
Recipe provided by good friend, Patti Stone, and her recipe is here.
United States.