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5 from 2 votes

Orange Cookies

These Orange Cookies are super soft and full of orange flavor. They're covered in a sweet icing, too. If your grandma, like mine, used to make these, eating one will induce some nostalgia.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Chilling Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Servings: 36
Calories: 159kcal
Author: Lauren Pacek

Ingredients

For the cookies

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 16 tablespoon unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
  • zest and juice of 1 orange

For the icing

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • zest and juice of 1 orange

Instructions

  • Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.

To make the cookies

  • In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy.
  • One at a time, add the eggs, beating to incorporate after each addition. Add the vanilla.
  • Reducing the speed to low, add the yogurt and orange zest and beat until just combined.
  • Little by little, add the flour mixture to the bowl of the stand mixer. Beat on low speed until each addition is combined.
  • Using a cookie scoop, scoop the dough into roughly 36 balls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour, and up to overnight.
  • When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Distribute the chilled cookie dough balls such that there are 12 dough balls per cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are *just* golden.
  • Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

To make the icing

  • Whisk the powdered sugar, orange zest, and orange juice together until a pourable icing (though still fairly thick) comes together.
  • Spoon the icing over the cooled cookies.

Notes

  • Chilling the cookie dough is mandatory for this recipe. Otherwise the cookies will spread wayyyy out.
  • You can thin the icing out with milk, if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 82mg | Sugar: 17g