Orange Sugar & Spice Cookies

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• 14 tablespoons (1 ¾ stick) butter, softened
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• 1 egg, beaten
• ¼ cup light or dark corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• ¼ teaspoon orange extract
• Add egg, corn syrup, vanilla, almond extract, and orange extract, to the creamed mixture and beat well.
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon warm water
• Dissolve soda in water and then add into the creamed mixture. Mix well.
• 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 scant teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and cloves. Then gradually add into creamed mixture, blending well.
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• On a low mixer speed or by hand, stir in orange zest.
• Chill cookie dough for at least 2 hours.
• Shape chilled dough into 1-inch balls. (Note: if the dough is too hard to shape because of chilling, let it sit out on the counter for ½ hour to warm up and then shape into cookies.)
• Optional: 1/4-½ cup course, sprinkling sugar (can be in holiday colors)
• Press cookie down into sugar, so as to get a pressed layer of sugar. Place on baking sheets 1 ½ inches apart with the sugar sprinkles facing up.
• Bake cookies at 350°F for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Cool cookies on wire racks and enjoy!

• 14 tablespoons (1 ¾ stick) butter, softened
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• ¼ cup light or dark corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• ¼ teaspoon orange extract
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon warm water
• 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 scant teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• Optional: 1/4-½ cup course, sprinkling sugar (can be in holiday colors)

1. Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
2. Add egg, corn syrup, vanilla, almond extract, and orange extract, to the creamed mixture and beat well.
3. Dissolve soda in water and then add into the creamed mixture. Mix well.
4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and cloves. Then gradually add into creamed mixture, blending well.
5. On a low mixer speed or by hand, stir in orange zest.
6. Chill cookie dough for at least 2 hours.
7. Shape chilled dough into 1-inch balls. (Note: if the dough is too hard to shape because of chilling, let it sit out on the counter for ½ hour to warm up and then shape into cookies.)
8. Press cookie down into sugar, so as to get a pressed layer of sugar. Place on baking sheets 1 ½ inches apart with the sugar sprinkles facing up.
9. Bake cookies at 350°F for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
10. Cool cookies on wire racks and enjoy!