Name: Orange Spice Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 30
Ingredients: Dark brown sugar - 1 ¼ cups; White sugar - ½ cup; Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup; Unsalted butter, softened - 2 tablespoons; Cream cheese - 2 tablespoons; Egg - 1 large; Molasses - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Orange extract - 1 teaspoon; Maple extract (Optional) - ½ teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Grated orange zest, or to taste - 6 tablespoons; Ground cinnamon - 2 tablespoons; Baking soda - 1 ½ teaspoons; Salt - 1 ½ teaspoons; Ground cloves - ½ teaspoon; Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon

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Cooking:

30 min.

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Ingredients for - Orange Spice Cookies

1. Dark brown sugar - 1 ¼ cups

2. White sugar - ½ cup

3. Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup

4. Unsalted butter, softened - 2 tablespoons

5. Cream cheese - 2 tablespoons

6. Egg - 1 large

7. Molasses - 1 tablespoon

8. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

9. Orange extract - 1 teaspoon

10. Maple extract (Optional) - ½ teaspoon

11. All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups

12. Grated orange zest, or to taste - 6 tablespoons

13. Ground cinnamon - 2 tablespoons

14. Baking soda - 1 ½ teaspoons

15. Salt - 1 ½ teaspoons

16. Ground cloves - ½ teaspoon

17. Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Orange Spice Cookies

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. Stage

Beat both sugars, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, and cream cheese together until creamy, at least 5 minutes. Add egg and mix well. Mix in molasses. Mix in vanilla, orange, and maple extracts.

3. Stage

Stir flour, orange zest, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, cloves, and nutmeg together in another bowl until well combined and no clumps of zest remain. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir together just until incorporated; don't overmix.

4. Stage

Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.