Orange Sugar Cookies
Soft Orange Sugar Cookies are made with fresh zest and real orange flavor. Easy, thick, bakery-style cookies perfect for any occasion!
Servings: 14 cookies
Ingredients
Orange Sugar Cookies
- 3/4 cup salted butter softened at room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 whole large egg
- 3 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange zest
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Orange Icing
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats.
- With an electric mixer in a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla extract. Beat until combined.
- Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Continue to mix together until cookie dough is formed, scraping down the sides of a bowl with a spatula occasionally. Do not over-mix.
- With a large cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, equivalent to 1/4 cup, scoop cookie dough into balls and place on the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or just until the edges turn a light golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy!
- While the cookies cool, in a medium or large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, powdered sugar, orange juice and zest. Add more powdered sugar if the icing is too thin, and a splash of milk if it's too thick.
- Once the cookies have cooled, spoon, drizzle or dip each cookie in the icing and place on cooling rack to dry and set, enjoy!