Orange Blossom Cookies Recipes

ORANGE BLOSSOM COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
• Add egg, 3 tablespoons orange juice, orange peel and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed.
• Reduce speed to low; add flour and salt. Beat until just combined.
• Divide dough in half. Wrap each half in plastic food wrap; flatten slightly. Refrigerate until firm (2 hours).
• Heat oven to 375°F Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2-inch flower-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool completely.
• Meanwhile, combine powdered sugar and butter in small bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough orange juice for desired spreading consistency (2 to 3 minutes). Frost cooled cookies. Decorate with sugars, if desired. .

ORANGE BLOSSOM COOKIES

Steps:

• Seperate whites & yolks, saving both.
• Beat yolks; add sugar, water, flour, baking powder, and salt - mix thoroughly.
• Add beaten egg whites.
• Bake in muffin tins at 350* until light brown. While hot, dip in sauce.

ORANGE BLOSSOM COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, nuts and cinnamon. Beat butter, cream cheese and brown sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Add orange blossom water; mix well.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Roll dough into 36 balls, using about 1 Tbsp. dough for each ball. Roll balls, 1 at a time, in granulated sugar.
• Place, 2 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets. Use bottom of small drinking glass to press balls into 1/4-inch thickness.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until edges of cookies are lightly browned. Cool 1 min. Remove cookies to wire racks; cool completely.

ORANGE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg, orange zest, orange juice and extract. Gradually beat in flour., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. On a floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets., Bake until edges are light brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, milk and, if desired, food coloring until smooth. Pipe or spread over cookies; let stand until set.

MAUREEN ABOOD'S LAVENDER AND ORANGE BLOSSOM COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees with a rack in the center of the oven. Line two sheet pans (not dark metal) with parchment paper.
• In an electric mixer, beat the butter on high for about 6 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add 3/4 cup (92 grams) confectioners' sugar, lavender and salt and beat another 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and with the mixer on low speed, add orange blossom water and mix to combine.
• Add flour to butter 1/2 cup (about 65 grams) at a time, until dough is crumbly and slightly dry but still able to hold together when squeezed, adding additional flour if necessary.
• Divide dough into quarters and press each into a long narrow log about 1 inch high and 1 inch wide. With a sharp knife, cut into log diagonally to make diamond-shaped cookies 1 to 2 inches long. Use a spatula to transfer cookies to sheet pans, spaced about 2 inches apart. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Cookies should be golden brown at the edges.
• Sift remaining confectioners' sugar over baked cookies while still warm. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

ORANGE BLOSSOM COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine sugar and butter in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy (2 to 3 minutes). Add egg, 3 tablespoons orange juice, orange peel and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes). Reduce speed to low; add flour and salt. Beat until just combined (1 to 2 minutes).
• 2. Drop cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 3. Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool completely.
• 4. Meanwhile, combine powdered sugar and butter in small mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough orange juice for desired spreading consistency (2 to 3 minutes). Frost cooled cookies. Decorate with sugars, if desired.

ORANGE BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Position two oven racks in top and bottom third of oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, whisk flours, baking soda and salt together. In a mixer, cream together the sugar, butter and orange zest at medium speed until light and smooth, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of bowl frequently. Add egg and mix. Add one egg yolk and mix. Add remaining egg yolk and mix. Stir in dry ingredients just until combined.
• Scoop tablespoons of dough onto parchment, leaving more than 1 inch between cookies. Press each one down lightly with 2 fingers to flatten to a thickness of 1/2 inch. Leave any ridges and valleys on top of cookie intact, but smooth the edges.
• Bake about 15 minutes, rotating cookie sheets halfway through. Cookies should be pale but baked all the way through. Cool on sheets 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack and cool before storing in airtight containers up to 1 week.
• When ready to serve, make icing: Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Peel orange, being careful to remove only outer orange zest, and cut into thin strips. Blanch in boiling water 1 minute; drain. Sift confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Whisk in 2 tablespoons milk. Whisk in more milk if needed to make mixture thin enough to spread. Add extract, salt and zest, and whisk to combine.
• Place cookies on a rack and drizzle icing over each one (make sure there is some orange zest in each spoonful). Icing will settle into cookie crevices; let harden.

ORANGE & LEMON BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two cookie sheets with Reynolds® Parchment Paper; set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the egg, orange peel, lemon peel, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add half of flour mixture to the butter mixture, beating until just combined. Add the milk. Beat about 10 seconds. Beat in the remaining flour mixture until just combined.
• Drop tablespoon-size mounds of dough on prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set and the bottoms are browned. Transfer the cookies on the parchment paper to a wire rack; cool completely.
• Drizzle with Citrus Glaze to serve.
• Citrus Glaze: In a small bowl combine melted butter and orange juice. Add powdered sugar; beat until smooth. If necessary, add more orange juice, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, to make drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cookies.