Nutty Orange Spritz Strips Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in orange zest and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture., Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake at 375° for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

Steps:

• Make the spiced syrup: Combine 1 1/2 cups water, the sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick and blood orange zest in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar; simmer until syrupy and reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Let cool, then strain.
• Make the cocktail: Combine the Lillet, blood orange juice and 1 tablespoon of the spiced syrup in a large glass and stir. Add ice and top with seltzer. Garnish with a blood orange slice.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and brown sugar.
• Beat in orage peel and extract.
• Combine flour and salt.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Sprinkle them with colored sugar.
• Bake at 375º for 6-9 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool for 2 minutes.
• before removing to wire racks.

Steps:

• In a 2-qt. pitcher, mix orange juice, ginger ale and cherry juice. Serve over ice. If desired, top servings with orange wedges and cherries.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the shortening and granulated sugar, mixing on medium speed for about 30 seconds. Add the baking powder and mix until combined, about 10 seconds. Mix in the egg replacer, vanilla, orange zest, and orange juice until combined, about 30 seconds.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour mix, xanthan gum, and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture, beating on low speed until combined.
• Pack the dough into a cookie press. Place the face of the press firmly down on an ungreased baking sheet. Press out a cookie. Space the cookies about 1 inch apart. Decorate with colored sugar.
• Bake for 8 minutes in the center of the oven, or until the cookie edges are firm but not brown. Cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
• The key to perfect spritz cookies is mastering a cookie press. Try the Wilton Comfort Grip Cookie Press (www.wilton.com). The rule: a single press, a pretty cookie. (A double press makes a messy blob.) Test-press a few cookies to get the knack of it, and to get the dough moving. Then you're off and pressing!
• If the dough is too soft (if it's a very warm day, this may happen), put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to firm it up. But please note, under normal conditions, this dough does not call for chilling.
• Also, make sure your baking sheets aren't warped. If you're baking sheets aren't flat, your cookie press will rebel.

Steps:

• For the cardamom simple syrup:
• In a small saucepan, combine all the ingredients and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then remove from heat. Let syrup cool to room temperature, then strain.
• For the cocktail:
• Fill each glass with 1 teaspoon cardamom syrup, and add a dash of bitters. Top up with prosecco and serve garnished with an orange twist.