Recipes: Orange Drop Cookies

Hello, Friends!

Today is Recipe day, so here is the first recipe I will share with you. I got this recipe online at http://www.food.com/recipe/orange-drop-cookies-191691, if you want to view the original recipe.

These are Orange Drop Cookies. I made these at the end of March, when people needed something to cheer them up. We all really liked them. They are more cake-like and soft than the traditional “chocolate chip” kind of cookie. Here are pictures of mine:

Have you made these before? Do you like orange? Did you like them?

Ingredients

Yield 48 cookies Units US

• 2 cups flour
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking powder
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
• ²⁄₃ cup butter, softened
• ³⁄₄ cup sugar
• 1 egg, room temperature
• ¹⁄₂ cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons orange zest grated
• ¹⁄₂ cup nuts, chopped or ¹⁄₂ cup raisins or ¹⁄₂ cup chocolate chips, optional
  

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400F/200°C.
2. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. In another large mixing bowl, mix butter, sugar and egg thoroughly. Stir in orange juice and rind.
4. Sift dry ingredients into wet ingredients and blend together.
5. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake 8-10 minutes or until delicately browned on edges.
7. Remove from cookie sheets and cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
   

By the way, in step 3, once you mix the butter, sugar, and egg, and add the orange juice, the orange juice doesn't really blend well with the butter-sugar-egg mixture. However, everything turns out once you add the dry ingredients. :)

Spruce Nogard

Sources: http://www.food.com/recipe/orange-drop-cookies-191691