There are several recipes that remind me of home and this is one of my favorites. Â I love love citrus flavored things and these Frosted Orange Cookies are the perfect balance of light, fluffy and sweet. Â I don’t make them often enough and every time I do, I wonder why it’s been so long since the last time. Â Give them a try and let me know what you think!
Frosted Orange Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 ½ c sugar
- 1 c shortening
- 2 eggs beaten
- 8 oz sour cream
- 2 tbsp grated orange rind
- 3 tbsp orange juice
- 4 c all-purpose flour plus
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Orange Glaze:
- 16 oz powdered sugar sifted
- 2 tbsp grated orange rind
- 5 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Cookies:
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; beat until smooth and creamy.
- Add orange rind and juice; beat well.
- Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, beating well.
- Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets; bake at 350 degrees for 14-16 minutes or until edges just begin to brown.
- Cool on wire racks.
- Spread tops of cookies with orange glaze.
Orange Glaze:
- Combine all ingredients; beat until smooth.
Nutrition
It’s hard to make the glaze without licking the bowl. Â It’s just so dang good. Â Yum!
A plate of goodness! You can’t go wrong with either Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies or Frosted Orange Cookies.
Make sure to try these out:
Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies
and I’ve made a Lemon Lime Version tooÂ
Jennifer Svane says
Those pumpkin Choc chip cookies look amazing!!! The weather here in Seattle was gorgeous today!
debby messner says
Your orange cookies look like a favorite cookie in my husband’s family. His grandmother used to make them, then his mother, and now his aunt. They all fight over them. We have an auction at the family reunion to donate money to who ever needs it that year. Honestly, his aunt will make a couple plates full and they all fight over them. usually it goes to $30. It’s really funny.
April says
I love your recipes! & giveaways :) the weather is beautiful in Northern Georgia this weekend!