Total Calories: 6,710
Yield: 2 dozen
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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.
This Iced Sweet Orange Cookies recipe is from the 101 Things To Do With A Casserole Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
