Clementine Butter Cookies

Name: Clementine Butter Cookies
Ingredients: 2 1/3 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon table salt; 1/8 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons grated clementine zest (about 3); 3 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon orange extract; For the glaze:; 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar; small pinch table salt; 1 tablespoons orange liqueur; 1 tablespoon half and half; 1-2 tablespoons juice from clementine

Clementine Butter Cookies was pinched from <a href="http://www.mountainmamacooks.com/2012/12/clementine-butter-cookies-with-grand-marnier-glaze/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.mountainmamacooks.com.</a>

"*The unglazed cookies can be made up to a month ahead and frozen until ready to glaze.*These are adjusted for high altitude. My kitchen sits just below 7000 feet where this recipe was tested. If you don’t need to adjust for altitude, increase baking powder to 1/4 teaspoon and sugar to 1 cup...."

INGREDIENTS

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2 1/3 cups all purpose flour

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1/2 teaspoon table salt

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1/8 teaspoon baking powder

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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

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3/4 cup granulated sugar

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2 tablespoons grated clementine zest (about 3)

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3 egg yolks

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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1/2 teaspoon orange extract

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For the glaze:

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1 1/4 cup powdered sugar

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small pinch table salt

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1 tablespoons orange liqueur

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1 tablespoon half and half

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1-2 tablespoons juice from clementine

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