Orange Ginger Cookies Recipes

GINGER COOKIES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, oil, molasses, egg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour over flour mixture; mix until a dough forms.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm, 8 to 9 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Place shortening in a large microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave until melted, about 1 minute.
• Stir confectioners' sugar and orange extract into the melted shortening. Mix in milk a little at a time until glaze runs smoothly off the end of a spoon. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spoon glaze over cooled cookies.

ORANGE GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Add grated peel and molasses and mix again.
• Stir together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture, stirring well.
• Wrap up dough and chill for several hours or overnight.
• Roll dough very thin and cut out cookies with cookie cutters.
• Bake on greased cookie sheets at 375°F for 8 to 10 minutes.

ORANGE GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
• Beat in the egg, corn syrup and orange peel and mix well.
• Sift the dry ingredients and add to the creamed mixture.
• Roll into balls about the size of a walnut and place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Cover the balls on the cookies sheet with waxed paper and flatten with a glass.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 6 minutes.

ORANGE BOURBON GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare 3 cookie sheets with silicone mats or nonstick sprayed parchment paper.
• In a mixer with a whisk attachment, mix shortening and egg yolk for 3 to 4 minutes or until airy. Then add sugar, orange liquor, bourbon and salt, mixing again for 2 to 3 minutes until well mixed. Remove from mixer. Then in a bowl, combine flour and baking soda, whisking until well mixed. Once flour/baking soda is mixed, add sugar/shortening and mix well until all flour has been evenly mixed into sugar liquid. After mixing, allow mixture to sit in refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes.
• After cooling, roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness with a rolling pin on a clean flour counter. Cut into desired cookie shapes, then repeat process until all dough is cut. Next, place cookies on prepared cookie sheets 3 to 4 inches apart.
• Finally blend cinnamon, ginger, and brown sugar in a small bowl until well mixed. Then brush cookie with the whisked egg and finish with topping, spreading evenly. Then bake for about 15 minutes or until done.
• Finish with powdered sugar, serve with eggnog and enjoy.

HONEY ORANGE GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix flour, orange peel, ginger, baking soda and baking powder; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add honey, orange extract and egg; beat until blended. On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in additional sugar. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart; flatten slightly with bottom of drinking glass.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

BIG ALMOND-ORANGE-GINGER COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter bottom and sides of an 8-by-11-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Spread almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet; bake until golden brown and fragrant, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely. Transfer to a food processor; pulse until finely ground. Whisk together flour, salt, and cardamom. Whisk in almonds. In a separate bowl, stir together marmalade and lemon juice.
• Beat butter with sugar, orange zest, and ginger on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add flour mixture; beat on low speed just until clumps begin to form, about 30 seconds. Press 3 packed cups of mixture into bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Spread marmalade mixture over crust. Crumble remaining flour-butter mixture over top, creating clumps. Bake 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees and continue baking until light golden brown and firm, 25 to 30 minutes more. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cool completely. Remove cookie from pan, running a spatula between cookie and base to release. Serve, with fruit, chocolate, and sorbet. Store cookie in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.