Cookies Recipes - Iced Buttery Orange Cookies Recipe

Ingredients              

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans

• 2 cups flour

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 tbsp dried orange peel

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

• 1 egg, beaten

Icing: (optional)

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 2 tbsp orange juice

(Makes about 4 dozen.)

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Method:

1. Instructions for jar: Spoon sugar into 1 liter jar. Sprinkle chopped nuts over sugar.

2. Combine flour with baking powder, salt and orange peel.

3. Spoon flour mixture over chopped nuts.

4. For bakign: Preheat oven to 350° (176°C). Empty contents of jar into large mixing bowl.

5. Stir butter and egg into dry ingredients until dough is mixed well.

6. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls on un-greased baking sheet.

7. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool and ice, if desired, before storing.

To make icing: Add enough orange juice, a liter at a time, to powdered sugar and stir as you add it, until it reaches frosting consistency. Drizzle icing over cookies and let dry.