Orange Cream Cookies

Name: Orange Cream Cookies
Yield: Makes about 30 to 40 cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; 3½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon strained orange juice; 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream; 1 large egg; 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest (grate off the zest before squeezing the juice)

Preparation info

Makes about
30 to 40
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

This orange-scented cookie comes from Toba Garrett, our resident cake (and cookie) decorating expert at Peter Rump’s. Toba uses these cookies as one of the bases in her popular class on decorating cookies.

Ingredients

3½ cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Mediterranean
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir well to mix.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together