Cinnamon Orange and Orange Spice Cookie Recipes
Orange Cookies with Cinnamon Spice and Soft Molasses Cookies
Dec 15, 2008
Adding a hint of orange flavor, whether in the form of orange zest or orange oil, adds a touch of summer to these holiday cookie recipes. Cinnamon-orange cookies are hard and brittle, making them the perfect accompaniment to tea or hot cider. Orange spice molasses cookies, on the other hand, are soft with deep molasses flavor married with a touch of orange and nutmeg.
Cinnamon Orange Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- 8 oz butter, softened to room temp
- ½ cup + ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- 1/2 tsp orange oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp + 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Directions:
- In a large mixing bowl cream together butter and ½ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until well incorporated, then mix in vanilla extract, orange zest and orange oil.
- In separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients ½ cup at a time until a dough is formed. Dough will be slightly sticky.
- Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).
- In separate bowl, mix together remaining ¼ cup sugar and 1 tsp ground cinnamon.
- Form cookie dough into 1” balls, roll in cinnamon and sugar and press into ¼” rounds on a lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges begin to brown and crisp.
Makes 2 1/2 - 3 dozen tea cookies
Orange Spice Molasses Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 oz butter, room temp
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- 1/4 tsp orange oil
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
Directions:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together softened butter and brown sugar. Add in egg, mixing until combined. Beat in molasses, orange zest and oil.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Slowly incorporate dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
- Scoop rounded teaspoons of dough onto a lined baking sheet. Press the dough to create 1/4" rounds.
- Bake at 300 degrees F (149 degrees C) for 12-13 minutes.
- Remove baking tray from oven. Let cookies stand on baking tray for 2-3 minutes before removing and placing on a wire rack to cool.
Makes 3-4 dozen orange spice cookies
Tips for Pressing Cinnamon Orange and Molasses Cookies
Neither of these doughs create drop cookies - cookies that will naturally spread out on the pan while baking. It is therefore necessary for the baker to proportion out and shape the dough properly to ensure even baking. A 2-tsp cookie scoop can be used to guarantee equal portion size. Once dough is distributed on the baking sheet, two or three fingers can be used to press the dough gently into rounds. The base of a glass cup also serves this purpose, although stickier doughs, such as the dough for molasses cookies, may tend to stick. To avoid this, dip the base of the glass in granulated sugar or cinnamon/sugar prior to pressing each cookie.
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