orange cream cheese cookies (wash boards)
I just love the flavor of these cookies and they are so easy to make using a cookie press. Every once in awhile before I bake these cookies I will sprinkle cookie candies on the top. The chocolate ones are a really good compliment with the orange flavor.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
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yield
12-1 /2 doz.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 3 oz. packages cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 - egg
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- - dash of salt
How To Make orange cream cheese cookies (wash boards)
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Step 1Combine the butter and cream cheese and beat until creamy , gradually add the sugar , beating until the mixture is fluffy. Beat in the egg , orange peel and juice until thoroughly creamed together.
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Step 2Sift together the dry ingredients and mix with the creamed mixture until all blended together.
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Step 3Put the plate with the narrow slit ( ribbon one ) on your cookie press and fill the press with 1/4 th of the dough at a time. Press rows with strips of dough on an un-greased cookie sheet ; keeping each row 1" apart from each other.
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Step 4Take a knife and make crease marks in the strips in 2" lengths.
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Step 5Bake @ 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned , remove from the oven and Immediately cut the strips into sections at the crease marks. Remove cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
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