Parisian Orange Cookies
From cookinggood 16 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 28
This is a recipe that was in my Great Grandmothers recipe box (a metal bread box). It appears it was given to her by someone but I don't know who gave it to her. It is a wonderful cookie recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp coarsely grated orange rind shopping list
- 1/2 cup water shopping list
- 1/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 tbsp sherry flavoring (I used sherry) shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups flour shopping list
- 1 tbsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 375F
- Blend orange rind, water and 1/4 cup sugar in saucepan, boil gently over medium heat 10-15 minutes until mixture is thin syrup.
- Cream butter, 1 cup sugar and sherry until fluffy.
- Sift together dry ingredients.
- Stir syrup then dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Mix thoroughly.
- Roll into 1" balls. Place 2" apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
- Flatten with bottom of greased glass dipped in sugar.
- Bake about 8 minutes.
- Makes 4 1/2 dozen cookies
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Oh wow, these really sound fantastic!! got my 5
shirleyoma
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These cookies sound perfect for anytime. Love the grated orange rind as an ingredient!
lor
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This recipe sounds very good...I love the citrus.
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