Blood Orange Sugar Cookies
A sugar cookie coated in blood orange glaze.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 2 hr
- Yield
- 18 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup honey
- 1 blood orange (thinly sliced)
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 2 tbsp blood orange juice
- 1 tsp blood orange zest
Instructions
- 1
Cookies
- 2
1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place them in the fridge for 10 minutes before popping them in the oven. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on a cooling rack.
- 3
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and mix well.
- 4
In another bowl, combine the rest of the cookie ingredients. Once the wet ingredients are well mixed, slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- 5
Pour the mixture onto a lightly floured surface and form a big ball. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough until it is 1/4 inch thick.
- 6
Cut the dough into the desired shape (I used a circular cookie cutter) and place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 7
Place them in the fridge for 10 minutes before popping them in the oven. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on a cooling rack.
- 8
Candied Blood Orange
- 9
Combine the water, sugar, and honey in a sauce pan.
- 10
Bring to a boil. Drop in the blood orange slices and reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- 11
Place on a baking sheet to cool.
- 12
Blood Orange Glaze
- 13
Whisk together all the ingredients until a smooth consistency.
- 14
Finishing the cookies
- 15
Dip half the cookie in the glaze. Cut a small piece of the candied blood orange and place it on top of the glaze.