Spritz Orange Crisps Recipes

ORANGE CRISPS

Steps:

• Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 300°F.
• Coat 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, sugar, butter, orange zest, orange juice and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of batter into a 2 1/2-inch circle on the prepared baking sheet.
• Repeat with the remaining batter, making 6 cookies per baking sheet, spacing them about 4 inches apart.
• Bake the cookies until lightly browned around the edges, switching the pans back to front and top to bottom once halfway through, 16 to 18 minutes.
• Immediately and carefully transfer the cookies from the pan to a wire rack using a thin metal spatula. Let cool completely.

ORANGE SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and brown sugar.
• Beat in orage peel and extract.
• Combine flour and salt.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Sprinkle them with colored sugar.
• Bake at 375º for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool for 2 minutes.
• before removing to wire racks.

ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks onupper and lower thirds. On a piece ofparchment paper, pat out dough to 1/2inch thick. Sprinkle zest evenly over top;knead to incorporate.Transfer to a cookiepress; pipe shapes, about 1 inch apart,onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in upper and lower thirdsof oven, switching positions of sheetshalfway through, until edges are lightgolden, about 15 minutes. Transfer towire racks to cool completely.
• Set a small heatproof bowl over a panof simmering water; add half the chocolateto bowl, and stir until melted andsmooth. Add the remaining chocolate;remove bowl from heat. Stir until smooth.Transfer chocolate to a pastry bag fittedwith a very small (less than 1/16 inch) plainround tip, such as Wilton #1.
• Transfer cookies to a sheet of parchmentpaper. Pipe chocolate in a zigzagpattern over tops. Let stand until chocolatehas set.