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Orange cookies on a baking sheet with a bite taken out of one of them.
Kate Ramos

Orange-Sour Cream Drop Cookies

A scone-like cookie rich with sour cream, orange zest, and fresh-squeezed orange juice and topped with an orange juice icing.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 6 Dozen Cookies
Course: cookie
Cuisine: American
Calories: 1375
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12 ounces 3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 8 ounces sour cream
  • Juice and zest of 2 oranges
  • 1/2 cup orange marmalade
For the Frosting:
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • Juice and zest of 1 orange
  • 4 to 6 cups powdered sugar sifted

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 350°F and arrange rack in the middle. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
  2. Combine butter and sugar in the bowl in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy and sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes. Add eggs and continue beating on medium until combined.
  3. Add sour cream, orange zest, juice, and marmalade and beat until combined. Stop mixer and scrape down sides and paddle with a rubber spatula. Add flour mixture and beat on low until incorporated.
  4. Drop by tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the bottoms are just beginning to brown. Let cool for a couple of minutes, then remove to a rack to cool completely.
For the Frosting:
  1. Combine butter, orange juice and zest in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until combined. Add 2 cups of the powdered sugar and beat until incorporated. Add more, a 1/2 cup at a time if needed—frosting should be thick, but still spreadable.
  2. Once cookies are cool, frost and serve immediately or can be frozen for up to 1 month.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 1375kcalCarbohydrates: 304gProtein: 8gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 89mgSodium: 542mgFiber: 2gSugar: 257g

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