Ingredient: reserved orange juice & zest

For many, orange juice and oatmeal are seen as breakfast food. I like both, so using them in baked goods works for me.

Most of the time, when it comes to cake or cookies, extract is where your flavor will come from. I recall an orange loaf my mother made by first cooking the sugar with orange zest and adding it to the batter. It gave the loaf such a bold orange flavor.

In these cookies, I’m using both the zest and juice of a fresh orange and a tiny bit of lemon zest to add another dimension of citrus. The oatmeal is processed to an oat flour.

The use of both butter and olive oil further enhances the flavor of the cookies. Butter is smooth and creamy, adding the dairy richness, while the oil provides a unique flavor and aroma.

Once the cookies are baked, a glaze using more fresh orange juice and zest makes these orange slice cookies ‘addicting’ as Brion says.

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Orange Slice Cookies

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Course

dessert

Cuisine

American

Keyword

orange slice cookies

Servings

MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 3/4 cup yogurt, plain or orange
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 large fresh orange Use 1/4 cup of juice, reserve the rest for glaze
• 1 1/2 tsp orange zest Reserve remaining for glaze
• 1/2 tsp lemon zest
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cardamom
• pinch of salt

Glaze

• powdered sugar
• reserved orange juice & zest
• orange gel food color, optional

Course dessert Cuisine American Keyword orange slice cookies Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Cookie Dough 3/4 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup butter, softened 2 Tbsp olive oil 3/4 cup yogurt, plain or orange 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 large fresh orange Use 1/4 cup of juice, reserve the rest for glaze 1 1/2 tsp orange zest Reserve remaining for glaze 1/2 tsp lemon zest 1 cup oatmeal 1 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cardamom pinch of salt Glaze powdered sugar reserved orange juice & zest orange gel food color, optional

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Instructions

Cookies

1. In a bowl, combine sugar, butter & oil; beat until fluffy. Add yogurt, vanilla, orange juice & zests.
2. In a food processor, pulse oatmeal for a few seconds. Add oat flour, white flour, baking powder, cardamom & salt. Blend ingredients together well to form a soft dough. Evenly divide dough into 10 pieces; form each into a ball. Cover & refrigerate for 20 minutes so that the dough becomes a little firmer.
3. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a couple of baking trays with parchment paper.
4. Remove cookie dough from refrigerator; slice each ball into 4 pieces & shape each piece to resemble an orange slice. Place on baking sheets spacing about 2 inches apart.
5. Bake cookies about 20-25 minutes or until the sides of the cookies become a light golden brown.

Glaze

1. Combine remaining orange juice & zest with enough powdered sugar to make a glaze consistency. When cookies are cool, brush with glaze,