Soft Baked Orange Sugar Cookies

• Produce

  • 1/4 Orange, juice of
  • 2 Oranges, zest of

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 3/4 cup Cake flour
  • 1 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 1/2 oz Orange extract
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2/3 cup Shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup White sugar

• Dairy

  • 2/3 cup Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2/3 cup butter (cold)
• 2/3 cup shortening (room temp)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 oz orange extract (1/2 the bottle)
• Zest of two oranges
• Juice of 1/4 of 1 orange
• 2 3/4 cup cake flour
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Extra sugar for rolling .. natural sugar or colored sugar works really well.. about 1/3 cup

Directions

• Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a cookie sheet with non-stick spray or cover in parchment paper.
• Cream together sugar, butter and shortening until light and fluffy.
• Stir in your eggs one at a time and then your orange extract, orange zest and orange juice.
• In a separate bowl, combine both of your flours, cornstarch, baking powder and salt.
• Slowly add in increments to your butter mixture until all of your dry ingredients are incorporated.
• Chill batter in the refrigerator for 1 hr or you can place in the freezer for 20 minutes.
• Add 1/3 cup of sugar to a separate bowl for rolling.
• Remove and then roll dough into 1 inch balls and then roll the balls through the extra sugar.
• Place cookies on the cookie sheet and bake for 7 minutes.. no more, no less! They will seem under-cooked but trust me, they will firm up as they cool.
• Remove from oven and let sit for 1 minute before moving the cookies to a cooling rack
• Once cooled, store cookies in an airtight container