Living the Gourmet is pleased to review 100 Best Decorated Cookies by Julie Anne Hession.
Suitable for all ages and skill levels, this fun and creative book will without a doubt delight occasional holiday home bakers and seasoned pros alike.
Aside from easy to follow instructions and techniques, Julie Anne offers a delectable variety of recipes from Vermont Maple Sugar Cookies, Spicy Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies, and Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies just to name a few. Not only does Julie Anne offer a wide variety of seasonal recipes, but she also features gluten-free and vegan options.
You may recall the last cookbook we reviewed by Julie Anne, 175 Best Mini Pie Recipes and those fabulous apple hand pies she inspired!
It goes without saying that Living the Gourmet is a fan, and we're also pleased to be featuring Julie Anne's Classic Vanilla-Orange Sugar Cookies for you today.
**I was given this product for review. I was not financially compensated for this post. All opinions expressed are my own.
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Classic Vanilla Orange Sugar Cookies
- Yield: 24 1x
Ingredients
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- 3 1/4 cups AP flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, at room temp
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3 tablespoons grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5-6 oz dark chocolate
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
- In bowl of stand mixer, beat sugar and butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg, egg yolk, orange zest and vanilla until well combined.
- With the mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to bowl, mixing until combined.
- Turn dough out onto a work surface and divide into three equal pieces. Shape each piece into a flat disk. Wrap each disk tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, until cold, or for up to 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, placing racks in the upper and lower thirds.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll out one disk of dough to a thickness of ¼ inch. Using cookie cutter, cut out shapes and carefully transfer them to 2 prepared cookie sheets, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Reroll scraps as necessary. Repeat process with more dough until both cookie sheets are full.
- Bake for 11 – 15 minutes, switching positions of cookie sheets halfway through, until cookies are set and very lightly browned. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes, then carefully transfer them to wire racks to cool completely before decorating.
- Repeat steps 6 and 7 with the remaining dough.
- Melt chocolate and milk in a double broiler. When cookies are cool, drizzle over the cookies and allow to set.
Notes
Inspired by Julie Anne's Creamsicle Cookie
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
xo
Debbie Jackson says
This would be a really fun book
Emily Thompson says
aren't those pretty!!! I've featured this today on my blog. Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays at Nap-Time Creations... I've shared about the round up on all my social media.. id love a retweet, share or repin :o) EMily
Chatty Crone says
I need all the help I can get with cookies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL You are so sweet.
Nee says
Hi Catherine , this is something my kids and I will love doing together, the girls baking and the boys tasting Thanks for sharing :).
David says
Catherine, Vanilla-orange sugar cookies with chocolate swirl...What's not to like?! Yum... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Paula Jones says
These cookies look good, I should make cookies more. My boys always want to make chocolate chip or sugar cookies and I'd rather them help me than make a different kind.
Kim G. says
My kind of cookies... not to complicated to decorate:)
Debra Lee says
Your cookies look delicious!
Grace says
I like these!
Chatty Crone says
Those look so good and I wish you could make me 12 dozen. I have gotten involved in this cookie exchange and I am in anguish. I mean sifter unsifted. All purpose - baking. I mean what is the difference? Salted or unsalted butter? I'd rather buy some then make some, but I will come up with something.
Any easy Christmas cookie ideas?
Sandee says
I ate all three Catherine. I couldn't help myself. There will be cookies everywhere very soon.
Have a fabulous day. Big hugs. ♥♥♥