Marmalade Cookies Recipes

CHUNKY ORANGE MARMALADE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream the shortening, egg yolk and marmalade until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks.

SOFT ORANGE MARMALADE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine sour cream and orange marmalade; set aside. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream mixture and mix well., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, combine butter and marmalade. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until blended. Frost cookies.

ORANGE MARMALADE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Grease a cookie sheet (I just use parchment paper).
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg and orange marmalade and mix until thoroughly combined. Add additional marmalade if the batter is too stiff.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. With the mixer running, slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture until blended.
• Drop by spoonfuls on the cookie sheet; do not crowd the cookies as the batter will spread during baking. Bake until the cookies spread out and are lightly browned, 8-10 minutes.
• Cool a minute or two on the cookie sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
• *The original yield was 40 cookies, but I must have made them a little large, because I only ended up with 22.

LEMON-MARMALADE COOKIE SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in lemon peel and vanilla.
• In a food processor, finely grind flour, nuts, salt and cinnamon. Add to butter mixture and mix just until dough holds together.
• Gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for about 1 hour or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter cookie sheet.
• Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies with a 3-inch round cookie cutter. Gather scraps into a ball and re-roll to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out cookies, forming total of 12. Transfer cookies to the cookie sheet.
• Using a 1-inch round cookie butter, cut out the center of 6 cookies and remove. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on rack for 5 minutes.
• Leaving a 1/8-inch border, spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of marmalade evenly over each cookie without a hole. Sift additional powdered sugar over cookies with holes. Place cookies with holes sugar side up atop jam-covered cookies.

ORANGE MARMALADE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening with the sugar, vanilla, and almond extract. Stir in the egg and mix until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Add to the first mixture and mix well. Spread half of the dough into the pan. Cover with a layer of marmalade. Spread the remaining dough over the top
• Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool before cutting into bars.

MANDARIN ORANGE MARMALADE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F & Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silpats.
• Whisk together flour and baking powder in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Place butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and blend with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture appears grainy but well-mixed.
• Add egg and orange marmalade, beating until smooth; reduce mixer speed to low and add flour mixture and mandarin oranges.
• Mix only until combined; do not overmix.
• Fold in white chocolate chips; chill mixture for 30 to 60 minutes to firm up.
• Drop tablespoons of dough onto prepared cookie sheets, placing cookies 1-1/2 inches apart.
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes, until bottoms just begin to brown.
• Let rest on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before using a spatula to move them to racks.
• Cool to room temperature and dust with powdered sugar, if desired.

MARMALADE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Fluff the flour, salt and baking powder together in a bowl with a whisk. Set aside.
• 2. Cream butter and sugar. Add the egg and grated orange or lemon zest. Add the powder orange or lemon juice and mix in. Add the marmalade and the beat until light.
• 3. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix well.
• 4. Grease cookie sheets. Preheat oven to 400*. Drop by a teaspoon the dough on to prepared cookie sheets. Bake until lightly golden brown. Let set on cookie sheets a few minutes then remove to cut paper bag to cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 5. I have made a Lime Marmalade and use this recipe for Lime Marmalade cookies. You can use any Marmalade, fruit butter or Jam you like. Try using Cranberry Marmalade for the holidays.