Best Iced Orange Cookies Recipes

ICED ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and zest. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. , Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cooled cookies.

ORANGE ICED CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Cream together the butter and sugars. Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice, mix thoroughly.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet ingredients, mixing only until combined.
• Stir in cranberries and nuts.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, on a cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, and then cool on a rack about 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl stir all icing ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies. I like to put the icing into a small ziploc bag, snip off the corner, and pipe spirals onto the cookies.

ORANGE ICED CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 df ~ Lightly grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, margarine, sour cream, vanilla and eggs; blend well.
• 2. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour, soda and baking power; blend well. Gently stir in cranberries and nuts. (Do not overmix)
• 3. Drop by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake at 350 df, for 11 - 13 minutes or until golden brown,. Immediately remove from cookie sheets; cool. In a small bowl, blend icing ingredients; spread over cooled cookies. 5 dozen cookies

ICED COCONUT-ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in orange and lemon juices and zests. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Beat in coconut. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , In a small bowl, beat the icing ingredients until smooth. Spread over cookies. Let stand until set.

ICED ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in orange juice and peel.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
• Remove to wire racks to cool.
• In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cooled cookies.

ORANGE ICED COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Combine rind and juice of 2 oranges, eggs and buttermilk.
• Add this to cream mixture alternately with flour, soda, baking powder and salt.
• Add 2 teaspoons orange juice to this batter.
• Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.
• When cool, ice with orange icing above.

ICED ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• in a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
• add eggs, one a time, beating well after each addition.
• beat in orange juice and peel.
• combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• drop by heaping teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• bake at 350 degrees, for 10-12 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
• remove to wire racks to cool.
• in a small bowl, combine icing ingredients until smooth.
• drizzle over cooled cookies.

ICED SWEET ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in well-beaten eggs and beat until thick. Add orange zest, vanilla, and orange flavored emulsion. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add dry ingredients, one cup at a time, to the butter and egg mixture. Divide into 3 or 4 parts, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill thoroughly (several hours or overnight). Next day, preheat oven to 375°F. Roll out dough to ¼ inch on a floured surface and use a round cookie cutter to cut circles. If baking in a warm climate, keep each piece of dough in the refrigerator until you are ready to work with it. Place cut cookies on cookie sheet with a ½-inch margin between cookies to allow for any spreading. (You can prevent cookie spread by chilling the entire baking sheet before baking.) Bake until just barely brown around the edges, approximately 8 to 12 minutes, depending on your oven and baking sheet. Check periodically to prevent overbaking. These are delicious topped with orange icing! ORANCE ICING In a medium bowl, mix ingredients well. Ice cookies while they are still warm. Place on rack to continue cooling.