Russian Orange Drop Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, sugar and sour cream until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 3 tablespoons orange zest. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the sugar mixture alternately with 2/3 cup orange juice. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. In a small bowl, stir together the melted margarine, confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoon orange zest. Mix remaining orange juice in 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Spread over cooled cookies.

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400°. Mix butter, sugar and egg thoroughly. Stir in orange juice and rind. Stir in dry ingredients and mix well.
• 2. Drop rounded teaspoons of dough 2" apart on a baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until delicately browned on edges.
• 3. Mix frosting ingredients together. When cookies are cooled, frost.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together 3 teaspoons baking powder and 3 1/4 cups flour.
• Beat together brown sugar and shortening then add eggs, orange rind and vanilla. Mix in flour mixture, alternating the flour mixture and sour milk until all is blended. Drop dough by teaspoonful onto cookie sheets.
• Bake 12-15 minutes. Let cool and frost cookies.
• To Make Frosting: Mix together powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon butter and enough orange juice mixed in to make it able to spread over cooled cookies.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookies sheets.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir 1/2 cup orange juice and 1 teaspoon orange zest into the flour mixture.
• Cream shortening and sugar together. Mix egg into the sugar mixture thoroughly. Slowly blend flour mixture into the egg and sugar mixture. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
• Make the icing: Mix confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons butter together until smooth. Pour 2 tablespoons orange juice and 1 teaspoon orange zest into the sugar and butter mixture, mix well. When the cookies have cooled, spread the icing generously over the tops of the cookies.
• Tip: I often use fresh squeezed orange juice and fresh orange zest. When using fresh orange zest, I usually double the amount to 2 teaspoons.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400F/200°C.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In another large mixing bowl, mix butter, sugar and egg thoroughly. Stir in orange juice and rind.
• Sift dry ingredients into wet ingredients and blend together.
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until delicately browned on edges.
• Remove from cookie sheets and cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar.
• add eggs
• add finely grated zest
• add vanilla
• beat all til fluffy
• sift dry ingredients
• add to creamed mixture alternalely with buttermilk.
• beating after each addition
• drop onto cookie sheet
• bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 13 minutes
• while cookies are warm frost with icing
• mix icing all together.