21 Days of Cookies: Day 14
These flavorful orange spice cutouts remind me of drinking a cup of the orange spice tea my husband likes so much. I like the twist on traditional sugar cookie cutouts, and these are so pretty — you can just see the spices and orange zest.
I piped a little royal icing on these to give them some visual interest, and I flavored the royal icing with a flavoring called fiori di sicilia. I love this stuff — it smells like, and makes your food taste like orange sherbet. So, a little orange frosting on an orange-spice cookie – perfect!
These cookies are soft and chewy, and sooooo flavorful. Give them a try when you’re in the mood for something different!
Scandinavian Orange Spice Cutouts
A soft and chewy orange spice cookie.
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter lightly salted
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup dark corn syrup
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp orange zest (zest of one whole orange)
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring the corn syrup to a boil, then allow to cool to almost room temperature. I allowed mine to cool to 95 degrees F.
- Cream butter and sugar together. Then gradually add cooled corn syrup to this mixture.
- Beat in egg and orange zest.
- Whisk together remaining ingredients in a separate bowl, then add gradually to creamed mixture.
- Divide dough in half. Wrap each half in plastic wrap, shaping into a disc. Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours, or until easy to handle.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll 1/4" thick and cut into preferred shapes.
- Bake on greased or parchment lined baking sheets at 375 for 8-10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browning.
- Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
