Easy Orange Cookies Recipe | Biscotti all’arancia.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams)
- 1/2 granulated sugar (100 grams)
- 1 stick butter (4 ounces) (112 grams)
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder (7 grams)
- Zest of an orange
- 4 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/8 tsp salt if you’re using unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (50 grams)
- 1/2 cup powder sugar (50 grams)
Instructions
- Add softened butter and sugar in stand up mixer with the paddle attachment.
- Work until light and fluffy, add the egg. Let it get incorporated and add vanilla and orange juice.
- Remove from the mixer and sift in flour and baking powder.
- Move back to the mixer and at a slow speed let all the ingredients incorporate. It will form a soft, sticky dough.
- Let it rest in the refrigerator for one hour or more.
- In a bowl mix the granulated sugar and powder sugar.
- With a tablespoon size ice cream scooper scoop out cookie dough and roll between your hands forming a ball.
- Roll in the 2 sugar mixture and line one inch apart on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 Celsius) for 15 minutes until lightly golden. Be Careful not to overcook.
- Sprinkle the remainder of the sugar while the cookie is still hot.
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