Winter may be here, but these sunshine cookies will fill you with warmth and make any day sunny and bright!
After taking a holiday break, the Secret Recipe Club is back!
This month, I was assigned Casa Costello - a delicious (mainly) dessert blog that features something for everyone.
Helen is a UK blogger who delights in baking and recipe creating. It was such a great joy to browse through her site and get a peak inside her world across the pond.
We finally got our first snow fall today here in New York, which in my mind makes Winter official.
I don't think I'm quite ready to deal with the cold and all the ice that follows, so to lift my spirits, I baked up a batch of Helen's Sunshine Cookies, bursting with citrus and finished off with a sprinkle of icing sugar!
They immediately lifted my spirits and paired splendidly well with a soothing cup of tea.
Sunshine Cookies
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- Zest of 1 orange
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- Icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line two cookies sheets with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter, sugar, orange zest, lemon zest, vanilla and eggs together.
- Gradually add flour until a soft cookie dough forms.
- Drop tablespoon rounds of cookie dough on each cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until the cookies are golden around the edges.
- Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and dust with icing sugar.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
Toodles,
Tammy<3
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
It's COLD over here and these sunshine cookies would definitely brighten up my day!
Amy (Savory Moments) says
I love the bright citrus flavors in the cookies! I'm so glad to be part of SRC starting this month!
Our Eating Habits says
Wow, these look just like a little bite of sunshine in your mouth. Looks amazing!
Pam says
They sound great and just what's needed, Tammy! Snow on the ground here but all of -6° here this morning. Thanks for the sunshine recipe!
Margaret Ortigo says
These cookies look perfect to brighten up a snowy day. Glad there is lots of citrus available. I can see me making these a lot this winter.
Ramona W says
We could definitely use some sunshine around here with the cold cold weather we are having!! These cookies sound great. 🙂
Chiara says
the perfect way to start the day, these cookies look delicious ! have a nice day, xoxo
Jackie says
With the frigid weather we've been having lately, I could use any tip or trick to help myself warm up a little bit! These cookies sound so good!
Jackie
Something About That
Lauren @ Sew You Think You Can Cook says
I could use a burst of sunshine here in Ohio, too!
Megan {Country Cleaver} says
I can't turn down a cookie!
Nancy/SpicieFoodie says
They sure look like sunshine to me! What a great recipe that I'd love to try out.
kirstin troyer says
Yum! These sound wonderful! Great choice. Fellow Group C'er
Heather @ Join Us, Pull up a Chair says
Your cookies look delicious! Just what I could use to cheer me on a cold and gray winter day.
Big Daddy Dave says
Tammy, Good timing...Nice comfort cookies with the taste of sunshine for the coldest weather we've had here in East Tennessee so far this winter. We will probably even have snow tomorrow! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Adina says
So simple and so delicious, I would love to have some.
Jennifer @NourishedSimply says
These cookies would brighten up any day!
Starla says
What a great cookie to brighten this Winter weather. Total YUM!