Orange Drop Cookies with White Chocolate
 
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Orange juice and white chocolate combine in this cake-like drop cookie for a sweet reminiscent of orange creamsicles.
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Recipe type: Cookies
Serves: 30
Ingredients
  • 8 ounces softened butter (1 cup or 2 sticks)
  • 5½ ounces white granulated sugar (3/4 cup)
  • 1 whole egg
  • 4 ounces 100% orange juice (1/2 cup)
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla
  • 2 TBL orange zest, plus additional zest for topping of glaze.
  • 11 ounces all-purpose flour (2½ cup)
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 6 ounces white chocolate chunks (approximately 1½ cups)
ORANGE GLAZE
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 TBL very soft butter
  • 2 TBL orange juice
Instructions
  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
  3. Mix dry ingredients of flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg together.
  4. Add dry ingredients to mixture alternating with orange juice.
  5. Add 2 TBL orange zest and combine.
  6. Chill dough for 30 minutes.
  7. Scoop dough into 30 cookies and roll into a bowl of white granulated sugar.
  8. Bake in 375 degree oven, cool, glaze and top with additional orange zest.
Notes
I used a 1.5 inch cookie scoop ( #40) (1¼ inch in diameter) to portion my cookies. You can use a spoon to yield approximately 30 cookies. The cookies baked measured approximately 2½ inches in diameter.

Use more or less orange juice when mixing up glaze to desired consistency.
Recipe by Country Cupboard Cookies at https://countrycupboardcookies.com/orange-drop-cookies-with-white-chocolate/