These cookies are almost too pretty to eat…almost. I bought a box of oranges from one of the local FFA kids in my neighborhood and I used some of them in this recipe. After all, the box I ordered was gigantic and I didn’t want them to go bad as my family and I couldn’t possibly eat them all in a timely fashion. These cookies really tasted tops when I added the yummy oranges into the mix. Talk about wonderfully sweet!
Tossing in oranges with the limes makes for a fabulous flavor combination.
Ingredients
2 cups (4 Sticks) Land O Lakes Salted Butter, Softened
1-1/2 cup Domino Sugar
2 whole Large Eggland’s Best Eggs, Separated
4 cups Gold Medal All-purpose Flour
3 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And Lime Zest (approx 1 Tablespoon Each)
2 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And/or Lime Juice (2 Tablespoons Total)
Icing
3 cups Powdered Sugar
2 Tablespoons TruMoo Whole Milk
2 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And Lime Zest
Juice Of 1/2 Lime
Juice Of 1/2 Lemon
Dash Of Morton Salt
Extra Zest, For Decorating
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar until combined. Add egg yolks and mix until combined (set whites aside for the icing.) Add the zest and the flour and mix until just combined, then add juice and mix until combined.
Scoop out heaping teaspoons of dough, then roll them into balls between your hands. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and keep on the cookie sheet for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the pan with a spatula and allow to cool completely before icing.
To make the icing, combine 1 egg white with the rest of the icing ingredients. Whisk thoroughly until combined, adding either more powdered sugar or more juice until it reaches a pourable but still thick consistency.
Drizzle the icing across the cookies in several lines, then do it again in the other direction. Sprinkle with extra zest before the icing sets.
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Quick Tip: This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.