Orange Spice Cookies
These orange spice cookies are perfect for the holidays. They look plain but once you bite into them the amazing flavors just keep developing over and over. You'll not want to eat anything after these just so you can keep that taste in your mouth. That's how good they are. Try it for yourself and see.
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- Serves: 30 persons
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups dark brown sugar
- ½cup white sugar
- ½cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2tablespoons cream cheese
- 1large egg
- 1tablespoon molasses
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1teaspoon orange extract
- ½teaspoon maple extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 6medium oranges, zested
- 2tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- ½teaspoon ground cloves
- ½teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.Step 2
Beat both sugars, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, and cream cheese together until creamy, at least 5 minutes. Add egg and mix well. Mix in molasses. Mix in vanilla, orange, and maple extracts.Step 3
Stir flour, orange zest, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, cloves, and nutmeg together in another bowl until well combined and no clumps of zest remain. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir together just until incorporated; don't overmix.Step 4
Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.