Orange Pecan Gem Cookies Recipes

ORANGE PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl..
• Add the egg, and then the orange rind and vanilla. Set aside.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda into a medium bowl. Stir through the chopped pecans.
• Add the flour and pecan mixture to the creamed mixture and stir together very thoroughly.
• To form the dough into 'logs', take a large piece of waxed or greaseproof paper or baking parchment and sprinkle a little flour on it. Flour your hands a bit as well.
• Take half the cookie dough and put it in the centre of the paper.
• Using the paper to help you, shape the dough into a log about 11 to 12 inches (28 to 30 centimetres) long.
• Repeat with another piece of paper and the rest of the dough.
• Wrap the paper or baking parchment tightly round each log of dough.
• Place the cookie dough logs in a bag and put them the refrigerator for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• The next day, either freeze the dough, or bake it from chilled.
• When you want to bake the frozen or chilled dough, preheat the oven to 350℉ (about 160℃ for a fan oven).
• Remove the dough logs from the fridge or freezer. You might want to give the logs a bit of a roll on the counter before you open up the paper just to round the edges. Sometimes the bottom goes a bit flat when they sit in the fridge.
• If the logs are frozen leave them for five minutes or so before you attempt to slice them, unless you have very strong arms and a very sharp knife!
• Slice the cookie logs about one quarter inch thick (about half a centimetre) and place on baking sheets.
• These cookies don't spread all that much, but be sure to space them at least an inch apart. Each log will make about 24 to 28 cookies depending on how thickly you slice them.
• Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes from chilled (or 11 to 14 minutes from frozen) until they are lightly golden. It's worth keeping an eye on them because they can suddenly brown up very fast.
• Remove the baking sheets from the oven and leave the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for at least five minutes.
• Then carefully remove the cookies from the baking sheets and cool on wire racks.

ORANGE PECAN COOKIES..

Steps:

• cream butter, and sugar, add eggs and rind and beat till fluffy -- 2-3 minutes.
• stir in sour cream, and blend in dry ingredients --
• add nuts and drop of greased baking sheet -- about 2" apart.
• bake at 375* for 12 minutes.
• ice with orange frosting when cooled.
• ORANGE FROSTING:.
• beat all icing ingredients for 2-3 minutes on medium speed -- till of icing consistency.

ORANGE PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Stir together the flour and pecans; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 tablespoon of orange zest, vanilla and orange juice. Stir in the flour and nuts until well blended. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, and place them 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the edges are just starting to brown. Cool for about 10 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• Place the chocolate chips in a small glass or ceramic bowl, and place in the microwave. Heat for 1 minute, then stir. Continue heating and stirring at 20 second intervals until smooth.
• Dip the cookies into the melted chocolate, and sprinkle the remaining orange zest over the top before the chocolate sets for decoration. Cool at room temperature or in the refrigerator until set, then store in an airtight container at room temperature.

ORANGE PECAN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add both orange and vanilla extracts, mix well. Mix in the egg and stir well.
• In another medium bowl mix together well the flour and baking powder. Gradually add flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Stir in the chopped pecans and mix well to combine.
• On a ungreased cookie sheet drop rounded teaspoonfuls of cookie dough. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool cookies for 10-12 minutes or until cool enough to handle.
• In a microwavable bowl add the semisweet chocolate morsels. Microwave for 1 minute, stirring chocolate halfway through.
• Dip only the tops of cookies in the melted chocolate and let set on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper.

ORANGE PECAN DELIGHTS

Steps:

• cream butter and sugars.
• add eggs and rind and beat well.
• stir in the sour cream and blend in the sifted ingredients gradually.
• add the nuts and drop in rounded tspfuls on greased baking sheet.
• bake at 375* for 12 minutes.
• ice with orange icing.
• to prepare icing.
• mix all ingredients until of spreading consistency.2-3 minutes.