Frosty Orange Cookies

I’m stepping back from Melanie Makes for a few weeks to enjoy a maternity leave of sorts with our new arrival.  In the meantime, I’m thrilled to be sharing recipes from some of my favorite food bloggers who I’m also lucky enough to call friends.  Today, Jenn from Deliciously Sprinkled is sharing a cookie recipe that has me dreaming of warmer temperatures!

Hi, Melanie Makes readers! I’m Jenn from Deliciously Sprinkled and I’m so excited to be guest posting for Melanie while she enjoys her family after the birth of her sweet baby. I’m all about quick, easy and delicious recipes, like these Frosty Orange Cookies recipe I’m sharing with all of you today.

These light, fresh, and citrusy cookies make a perfect spring or summer dessert. My mom and I would always make these Frosty Orange Cookies for Easter brunch, they are a family favorite. They have a soft, airy, cake-like texture to them, almost like a cupcake top.

These frosty orange cookies are soft, airy, with a cake-like texture to them, almost like a cupcake top. They are made with 1 can of mandarin oranges, which makes them bursting with orange flavor.

And for an extra kick of orange, I top each cookie with orange buttercream frosting. These cookies are great plain too but the orange frosting just takes these cookies to a whole new level of orange goodness.

Here are a couple baking tips before you get started:

• It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to make sure that you really whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together. You want the flour mixture to be light and fluffy. Also, when adding the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, you don’t want to over mix the dough meaning you still want to see some flour in the dough. Over-mixing leads to flat, dense cookies and no one likes a flat cookie.
• The cookie dough batter will be VERY thick but that is how it should be. Also, I like to use a 1 Tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop the cookie dough onto my prepared baking pan. No need to roll these cookies into a ball just drop them on the cookie sheet and bake. Easy peasy!
• For the frosting, I like to use orange juice but you could use the juice from the mandarin oranges, either way, the frosting is delicious. And don’t forget to top the frosting with orange SPRINKLES!

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Yields 3 dozen

Frosty Orange Cookies

10 minPrep Time

10 minCook Time

20 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

Orange Cookies
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 11-ounce can mandarin oranges
Orange Buttercream Frosting
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 drop orange food coloring
• salt, as needed
• sprinkles, for topping

Instructions

Orange Cookies
1. Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
2. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. Using a hand-held or stand mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
4. Drain syrup from mandarin oranges. Blend in mandarin oranges into sugar mixture; you want the oranges to break apart.
5. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and mix until just combined. DO NOT OVERMIX!
6. Using a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, scoop dough into balls about 1 Tablespoons each and place onto prepared baking sheet.
7. Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool on wire rack before frosting.
Orange Buttercream Frosting
8. Mix softened butter on medium speed with an electric or stand mixer. Beat for 1-2 minutes until smooth and creamy.
9. Add powdered sugar, orange juice, and vanilla extract. Increase to high-speed and beat for 3 minutes.
10. Frost cooled cookies and top with sprinkles.
11. * Storing the cookies: Cookies will stay fresh for up to 7 days in an airtight container, stored at room temperature.

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