Recipe

Fancy Orange Slice Cookies Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Busmamawilliams / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago From the 1999 Woman's Day X-mas edition, these are, hands down, my one must have X-mas cookie. They are so beautiful & provide such a pretty contrast when piled on a plate with a variety of X-mas cookies.They can be stored airtight up to 4 days ... More Prep:20m Cook:13m Servings:80	Busmamawill
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Ingredients

DOUGH:

2 sticks ( 1 cup ) butter; softened

1 and 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

1 Tablesp. freshly-grated orange peel

2 teasps. vanilla extract

1 teasp. baking powder

1 large egg

2 and 1/2 cups flour

ICING:

2 and 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

1 Tablesp. fresh, finely-grated orange peel

3 Tablesps. fresh orange juice

1 cup orange-colored sugar

Directions

1) Beat butter, sugar, orange peel, vanilla & baking powder in a large bowl. with mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in egg. Reduce mixer speed to low & gradually add flour, beating until just blended.

2) Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a 10-inch long log. Press down on each log to flatten one side completely. Wrap & freeze at least 30 minutes, or until firm enough to slice.

3) Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Have cookie sheets ready.

4) Cut one log at a time into forty 1/4-inch thick slices. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

5) Bake 11 to 13 minutes until VERY lightly browned. Remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.

6) Icing: Whisk ingredients in a medium bowl until thick & smooth. Spoon into a gallon zip-lock bag.

7) Pour colored sugar into a bowl. Snip a VERY small bit off tip of one corner of zip-lock bag & pipe completely around outline of each orange-slice cookie. Now, staring at center of the straight edge of cookie, pipe radiating lines ( 4 of them) across cookie to resemble segments. Gently press cookies, icing side down, into colored sugar. Shake off excess & let cookies sit out until icing has dried out a little. Serve or store in airtight container.

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