Outrageously Moist Orange Cookies

Outrageously Moist Orange Cookies Recipe
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Recipe Rating:
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Category: Cookies
Collections: Christmas Cookies
Keyword: orange
Serves: 5 dozen cookies
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Ingredients

1 c butter, softened
2 c sugar
2 lg eggs
juice & zest of 1 large sweet orange
1 c milk
1 tsp orange emulsion (can use extract)
4 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
FROSTING
2 c powdered sugar
2 Tbsp butter, softened
1 pinch salt
zest and juice of 1/2 of an orange or to make it spreadable
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LILLYDEE
Member Since Jun 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dee's Notes:

The original recipe came from a community cookbook. I don't like using shortening in cookies, so I use butter..but if u don't care, then thats waht the original recipe called for. Or you could use 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening. I also added the orange zest to them. These are a very good cake like soft moist cookie. Bursting with orange flavor. yummm
My own pix will be added when I bake these again.

Comments from the Test Kitchen: Kitchen Crew

These cookies are so light and refreshing! With just the right amount of orange flavor, they are the perfect sweet accompaniment to morning coffee or as an after dinner treat.

 

Directions

1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper. Zest and juice oranges.
2
Cream butter and sugar together, beat in eggs, orange juice, zest and emulsion. Sift dry ingredients together. Add flour mixture alternatly with milk to form a soft dough. Scoop cookies onto cookie sheets. Bake for approx 10 minutes or until very lightly browned. Cool for 10 minutes and remove to cooling rack. While cookies finish cooling, make frosting. Whisk all frosting ingredients together and spread on cookies and let set to dry. Enjoy!
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CinStraw
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Sep 25, 2011
yyyuuuuummmmmmm
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Karla59
Sep 25, 2011
Dee these look and sound delicious ...saved :D
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angiemath
Sep 25, 2011
Used to eat a similiar cookie as a little kid and have craved it ever since. Thank you for posting these, I can hardly wait to try one !
LILLYDEE
Sep 26, 2011
thanx girls..i hope u try em and love em. : D
frenchtutor
Sep 26, 2011
Looks good, Dee. Can you tell me what Orange Emulsion is, and where I can get it?
Qtie
Dee Irvine Qtie
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 26, 2011
These look so good. Do you remember the orange cake with orange frosting Sara Lee use to sell? I love that cake but they don't make it anymore. :(
frenchtutor
Sep 26, 2011
I'll bet LillyDee has a recipe for an orange cake that will beat Sara Lee!
colleenlucky7
Colleen Sowa colleenlucky7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 26, 2011
Dee.... these look wonderful..... yum!xo
LILLYDEE
Sep 26, 2011
Yes dee, I rem that cake well and the ex loved it and brought one home now and then...I like the coconut one too.
LOL@ Susan..the Sara Lee orange cake I make is DH orange supreme cake mix with mandarin oranges and orange jce added to the oil & eggs..hehe
the emulsions I use now come from wwww.lorannoils.com ...
here is what they say about them.
Emulsions have a more potent, robust flavor.
Won't "bake-out" when exposed to heat
Alcohol free
Gluten Free
I like the flavor much better than extracts..they taste like alcohol to me. and bake out. I also use their vanilla bean paste..its awesome.
I got Wendy to finally try em and she likes em too. I bought a bunch of them when I found them in the housewares dept at Ross Dress for Less for $2.99 ($5.50 on LO site)for 4 oz btl..butter/vanilla, coconut, orange, almond, and vanilla bean paste for $5.99
Smokeygirlxo
Deneece Gursky Smokeygirlxo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 26, 2011
yum yum yum, i wonder if we can ice them then let em cool in frig and then dip half of em in chocolate??? Love orange and chocolate : )

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