CALENDULA DROP COOKIES

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Make and share this Calendula Drop Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Alia55

Categories Drop Cookies

Time 45m

Yield 2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

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Ingredients

6 calendula flowers
1/2 cup butter, room temp
1/2 cup sugar
2 oranges, zest of, grated
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, at room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup almond halve

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
Rinse flowers and pull off petals, set aside.
In a bowl, cream butter, sugar and orange rind till fluffy.
Add orange juice concentrate and vanilla.
Mix in eggs, stirring till blended.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Blend calendula petals and dry ingredients into creamed mixture.
Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
Press an almond half on top of each.
Bake 12-15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1578.2, Fat 88.5, SaturatedFat 33.7, Cholesterol 333.5, Sodium 1145.3, Carbohydrate 168.1, Fiber 12, Sugar 60.8, Protein 35.3