Easiest Way to Make Delicious Delish Orange Cookies

Delish Orange Cookies.

You can cook Delish Orange Cookies using 9 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Delish Orange Cookies

1. You need 200 grams of All purpose flour.
2. You need 85 grams of caster sugar.
3. It's 2 of orange zest.
4. It's 125 grams of soft unsalted butter.
5. Prepare 2 of egg yolks.
6. It's 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
7. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
8. It's 1 drop of orange food colouring.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of blanched almonds optional.

Delish Orange Cookies step by step

1. Blend butter in a bowl for 1 min.
2. Add sugar and blend for 4-5 minutes on moderate speed.
3. Add egg yolks and blend for 2 minutes.
4. Add orange zest and mix well.
5. Add food colouring, this is optional. I added it to give beautiful orange colour to cookies. Mix well.
6. Add dry ingredients. Using spatula, mix well.
7. Dust surface with flour. Transfer contents on surface.
8. Knead into soft dough. Cover dough with cling wrap. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
9. Divide dough into small portions. Shape into balls and slightly flatten it. Place them on prepared baking tray leaving gap between the cookies.
10. Add chopped almonds on top for additional taste. This is optional.
11. Bake for 11-14 minutes in preheated oven at 170 until edges are light brown. Do not over bake.
12. Cool on tray for 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack completely.
13. Store in airtight container and serve as required. These are melt in mouth soft delicious tangy cookies.