Orange Cookies Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What makes cookies fluffy instead of flat? ›

Room temperature butter is just the right consistency to incorporate air when it's creamed with sugar. These trapped air pockets result in risen, fluffy cookies. If the butter is any warmer, it won't incorporate enough air and your cookies will have less rise.

Cornstarch helps product soft and thick cookies. Using more brown sugar than white sugar results in a moister, softer cookie. An extra egg yolk increases chewiness. Rolling the cookie dough balls to be tall and lumpy instead of wide and smooth gives the cookies a bakery-style textured thickness.

The flavor is not as concentrated so expect to use more orange juice to get the orange flavor. 1 teaspoon of orange zest = 2 tablespoons of orange juice.

Baking soda is typically used for chewy cookies, while baking powder is generally used for light and airy cookies. Since baking powder is comprised of a number of ingredients (baking soda, cream of tartar, cornstarch, etc.), using it instead of pure baking soda will affect the taste of your cookies.

Take your sheet of cookie dough balls and pop it in the freezer while your oven preheats, for about 20 minutes. This will help prevent excess cookie spreading, so you get nice fat thick cookies. I'd especially recommend this if it's a hot day, or if you're baking multiple trays of cookies one at a time.

A good trick I've learned for softer cookies. After they've baked and cooled completely. Store them in an airtight container with a piece of plain white bread overnight. I've blown so many peoples minds with this over the years.

All-Purpose Flour: The Versatile Choice

All-purpose flour is the most commonly used flour in cookie recipes due to its moderate protein content (usually around 10-12%).

If you brown your butter (cook the butter until the milk solids brown and it gives off a rich, nutty aroma), this causes the water content of the butter to evaporate, lending no extra moisture to the dough, yielding a very dense, but richly flavoured cookie.

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Why does my orange juice taste bitter? ›

Ever wonder why your fresh squeezed navel orange juice tastes bitter after its been sitting around for a little bit? Blame limonin. Limonin is a bitter compound found in most citrus but especially in navels oranges that increases in concentration the longer it sits.

Though you can bite directly into the skin of an orange, it's best to eat smaller amounts at a time to prevent stomach upset. Using a knife or vegetable peeler, orange peels can be cut into thin strips and added to salads or smoothies. For a sweeter take, they can be candied or used to make orange marmalade.

Adjust leavening agents: Baking powder and baking soda are responsible for the rise and structure of cookies. If your cookies are too flat, try slightly increasing these leavening agents. Conversely, if your cookies are overly puffy and then collapse into flatness, it could be due to using too much leavening agent.

“To keep cookies soft, store them in an airtight container and not in a cookie jar,” Amanda recommends.

It sounds like you need to chill the dough, especially if you're making it with butter. shape the cookies, put them on the tray, then put it in the fridge for 15 minutes before baking. If you don't want puffy cookies, flatten them with the back of a glass dipped in flour before chilling.