Filled Orange Cookies
These filled orange cookies are a recipe with fresh ingredients from the baking category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 150 g diced orangeat (fresh orange pieces) and butter
- 250 g flour
- 50 g sugar
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 1 egg (medium size)
- 2 tbsp orange liqueur
- 100 g orange marmalade
- 250 g powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp orange juice
- candied orange peel
Instructions
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1.
Finely chop the orangeat in a food processor.
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2.
Mix flour, sugar, vanilla sugar and orange zest in a bowl. Add the egg, butter pieces, orange liqueur and 1 tbsp cold water. Scrape everything with a knife until dry crumbs form, then quickly knead by hand into a smooth dough. Fold in the chopped orangeat.
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Divide the dough into three portions and roll each into a log. Freeze for 1 hour. Slice the logs into 4‑5 mm thick rounds. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 175 °C (gas: level 2–3, fan: 160 °C) for about 8‑10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
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Assemble each pair of cookies with orange marmalade. Sift powdered sugar into a bowl and whisk with orange juice to make a glaze. Brush the cookies with the glaze and decorate with candied orange pieces.
