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Orange Ginger Cookies

Orange Ginger Cookies

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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: orange ginger cookies, orange cookies
Author: Dawn Yucuis

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoon orange zest
  • 2 teaspoon orange juice
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • For dipping cookies-
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup orange juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Using an electric mixer, cream together the sugars, butter, and zest, until fluffy. Add the orange juice and blend in. Mix in one egg at a time, mixing well after each egg.
  • Sift together the flour, soda, ginger, and salt add to the butter sugar mixture and beat until well blended.
  • Place the 2 tablespoons of sugar and orange juice in separate bowls and set aside.
  • Roll the cookies into small balls, about the size of a walnut. First dip the top of the cookie into the orange juice and then into the sugar. Place on a ungreased cookie sheet with the sugar side facing up.
  • Place in a preheated oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are lightly browned. Take out of oven and place the cookie sheet on a cooling rack for a few minutes. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and place on the cooling rack and continue to cool until completely cooled. Store in an air tight container.