Orange Cookies Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Can you substitute orange juice for orange zest? ›

There are many options for orange zest substitutes if you're out of this delicious citrus fruit or if they aren't in season. Some options include orange juice, lemon juice or zest, grapefruit juice or zest, and lime juice or zest.

Cornstarch helps product soft and thick cookies. Using more brown sugar than white sugar results in a moister, softer cookie. An extra egg yolk increases chewiness. Rolling the cookie dough balls to be tall and lumpy instead of wide and smooth gives the cookies a bakery-style textured thickness.

These cookies are light and buttery just like the name indicates with a nice burst of citrus from the clementine zest in the cookie dough. The glaze is made with another dose of citrus zest and a splash of orange liqueur. I tend to make a non chocolate cookie to take to cookie swaps.

The flavor is not as concentrated so expect to use more orange juice to get the orange flavor. 1 teaspoon of orange zest = 2 tablespoons of orange juice.

The ingredients you use and how you shape your cookies both play an important role in whether your cookies turn out crispy or chewy. The type of flour and sugar you use, if your cookie dough contains eggs, and whether you use melted or softened butter all factor into the crispy-chewy equation, too.

Topping each cookie dough ball with more chips, nuts, cinnamon, or whatever your heart desires, will help make them picture perfect and give them extra flavor and texture. When doing this with chips or nuts, press them into the top of the ball of dough close together, and they'll spread apart as the cookie bakes.

Add Spices To Your Dough

Spices can add an amazing aroma and flavor to your cookies. I use spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves to bring out the flavor in many recipes.

Baking soda is typically used for chewy cookies, while baking powder is generally used for light and airy cookies. Since baking powder is comprised of a number of ingredients (baking soda, cream of tartar, cornstarch, etc.), using it instead of pure baking soda will affect the taste of your cookies.

Light corn syrup is another ingredient that you can add to cookie dough that will help it stay softer longer. The corn syrup you buy at the grocery store is not the high-fructose corn syrup that soft drinks are made with; it's a sugar that is liquid at room temperature and helps other sugars say liquid at high heat.

Is Clementine and orange the same? ›

Clementines are the smallest type of mandarin orange. They are super sweet, seedless, and have red-orange skins that are smooth and shiny. The mandarins you see in grocery stores called Cuties and Sweeties are Clementines. They are easier to peel than tangerines, but not as easy to peel as Satsumas.

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Lemon juice carries the same flavor as lemon zest, but it's more acidic, so you might want to add a pinch of sugar to balance out the tartness. That said, the lemon flavor is not as concentrated as lemon zest, so you'll want to keep this formula handy: 1 teaspoon of lemon zest = 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.

Lemon juice can also be used as a substitute for lemon zest. While it won't give you the same texture as zest, it can add the desired flavor to your recipe. Amount to substitute: Use a teaspoon of lemon juice for every tablespoon of lemon zest.