Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Rudy Snap Orange Cream Cookies

Ingredients
  • 1 cup Butter, softened
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • ¼ cup Sour Cream
  • 2 Tablespoons Orange Zest
  • 3 cups Flour
  • ½ teaspoon Cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
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  • Sweet Orange Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • ½ cup Butter, softened
  • 1 - 8 ounce pkg. Cream Cheese, softened
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Orange Zest
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy -- about 4 minutes.
  3. Add eggs, sour cream, and orange zest and cream together.
  4. Stir in flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt.
  5. Chill dough for at least 30 minutes.
  6. Roll dough into balls and drop dough onto cookie sheets.
  7. Bake for 11-14 minutes.

  1. To make sweet orange cream cheese frosting:
  2. In medium bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Stir in powdered sugar and orange zest. Spread or pipe over cooled cookies.
  3. Garnish with orange zest.