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Orange orLemon Snowball Cookies




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 2/3 cup unsalted butter
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1 egg
  
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp. orange juice*
  
• 2 cups flour
  
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
  
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  
• 1/2 tsp. salt
  
• 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  
• 2 egg whites
  
• orange colored sugar*
  
• lemon colored sugar*
  
• food coloring
  






Instructions



1. Heat oven to 400F. Cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add egg and beat until combined. Stir in 1/2 cup orange juice.*
   
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture and mix until combined.
   
3. Drop by rounded teaspoons of dough about 2in. apart on two parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until browned on edges. Remove from oven.
   
4. Meanwhile, combine powdered sugar, egg whites and 1 tbsp. orange juice* in the bowl, with an electric mixer beat until fluffy and shiny. Spread icing over cookies and sprinkle with orange colored sugar* Let stand until dry, about 4 hours.
   
5. *If lemon cookies are desired, substitute 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp. lemonade and lemon colored sugar.
   
6. To make orange and lemon colored sugar, mix a couple of drops of orange or yellow food coloring with granulated sugar until color is reached.