Eggless Orange Cookies | How to make crispy and light Orange Cookies

Crispy buttery sugar cookie with an orange-y twist.

Citrus lovers, this one's for you. 

 The delicious buttery and slightly crunchy Orange Cookies made with fresh orange zest and juice. You can fill your home with a pleasant orange scent, and have tempting orange cookies to snack on without much effort. 

 Its a reliable eggless cookie recipe that is ridiculously easy to make in less then an hour.

Ingredients for Eggless Orange Cookies 

•  Melted Butter 
•  Powdered sugar 
•  Orange food colour 
•  Orange zest 
•  all-purpose flour 
•  Salt 
•  Baking soda 
•  Fresh orange juice 
•  Cherries or raisins

 

How to make Orange Cookies - Step by step pictures 

 Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Take melted butter, orange food color, orange zest and powdered white sugar in a bowl.

Mix everything together until creamy.

Sift together the all purpose flour, salt and baking soda.

Add in the orange juice.

Mix everything together until combined.

Scoop and shape the cookies. Arrange them on a lined baking tray. Make the orange pattern with a knife.

Place a piece of raisin or cherry on each cookie.

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven of 180°C for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Eggless Orange Cookies | How to make crispy and light Orange Cookies

Recipe Category: Desserts
Author: Abarna Gopinath
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Melted Butter
• 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp Powdered sugar
• Orange food color - a few drops
• 1 tsp Orange zest
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 3 tbsp fresh orange juice
• Cherries or raisins to decorate the cookies

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Take melted butter, orange food color, orange zest and powdered white sugar in a bowl.

Mix everything together until creamy.

Sift together the all purpose flour, salt and baking soda.

Add in the orange juice.

Mix everything together until combined.

Scoop and shape the cookies. Arrange them on a lined baking tray.

Make the orange pattern with a knife.

Place a piece of raisin or cherry on each cookie.

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven of 180°C for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

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