Orange Crinkle Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 Orange, orange zest- from large

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Egg yolk

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 3 drops Gel food color, Orange
  • 1 tsp Orange extract
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Drinks

  • 2 tbsp Orange juice

• Dairy

  • 10 tbsp Butter, unsalted

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Description

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour - 2 cups
• Baking powder - 2 tsp
• Salt - ½ tsp
• Unsalted butter - 10 Tbsp, softened
• Sugar - 1 cup + 4 tbsp (for coating the formed cookie dough)
• Egg - 1, large
• Egg yolk - 1, large
• Orange zest - from one large orange
• Orange juice - 2 tbsp, freshly squeezed
• Orange extract - 1 tsp
• Vanilla extract - ½ tsp
• Orange gel food color - a few drops, optional (or use a combo of red and yellow colors)
• Powdered sugar - ½ cup, to coat the formed cookie dough

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 deg.F. Line a couple of large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and 1 cup of sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the egg and egg yolk and mix well.
• Add orange zest, orange juice, orange extract, vanilla extract and mix until combined. Add a few drops of food color if you want your cookies to be orange in color. Make sure to thoroughly blend in the color.
• Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix slowly just until combined. At this point, cover the mixing bowl with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least half an hour. This will make handling the dough much easier while forming the cookies.
• Take ¼ cup granulated sugar and powdered sugar in two separate shallow bowls. Scoop out tablespoonfuls of the dough and roll into neat balls in the palm of your hand. Roll the dough balls first lightly in granulated sugar and then in powdered sugar. Place on the baking sheet, 2 apart (cookies will spread when baking).
• Bake in preheated oven for 10-14 minutes or till edges are lightly golden. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then remove cookies with a flat spatula on to a wire rack to cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container.