Florida Sunshine Cookies
Honey, Orange and Ginger drop cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 tsp ginger, ground
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ⅔ cup sugar, granulated
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- ½ cup butter, unsalted room temperature
- ½ cup honey
- 1 tsp orange extract
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350o.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the sugar and orange zest by rubbing the sugar and zest between your fingers. Make sure zest is completely covered with sugar.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy.
- Add sugar and orange zest to butter and beat.
- Add honey to mixing bowl and beat.
- Add egg to mixing bowl and beat.
- Gradually add flour mixture and beat until just incorporated.
- Cover dough and chill for 30 min to 1 hour.
- Shape dough into 1" balls and roll in sugar. Place dough balls 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake on middle oven rack for 8-10 minutes until lightly browned on the edges. Place cookies on cooling rack until completely cool.
- If you want to use 2 baking sheets, shape dough into 1" balls and roll in sugar. Place dough balls 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake on upper and lower ⅓ oven rack2 for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned on the edges. Place cookies on cooling rack until completely cool.
Notes
Be sure not to overmix dough. Overmixed eggs become chewy like a sponge.
Based on the following recipe:
Leese, Ellie. "Honey-Orange-Ginger Cookies." Southern Living 2012 Annual Recipes. New York: Oxmoor House, 2012. 316. Print.