Whole meal orange flavoured cookies #authormarathon. Add sour cream and eggs; blend well. Add all remaining cookie ingredients; mix well. This is a dark, not very sweet, fig-filled cookie, basically a homemade fig newton. The crust gets a toasty flavor from whole wheat flour and walnuts, while the fig filling really lets the dark flavor of the fruit come through. These are definitely better the next day, as the cookies soften and the flavors get a chance to meld together.

And easy to make, it takes just a few minutes to mix everything. The whole orange is an awesome idea, gives the cookies an interesting, more original taste. I halved everything except the orange, used olive oil instead of shortening and cinnamon + cloves because I ran out of vanilla. You can have Whole meal orange flavoured cookies #authormarathon using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Whole meal orange flavoured cookies #authormarathon

Prepare 300 gms of Atta wheat flour.
You need 200 gms of self raising flr.
It's 1 tsp of baking powder-Now that you are using Atta n has no baking.
You need 2 of eggs.
It's 250 gms of margarine. If not enough add some milk. Fresh or mala.
Prepare 150 gms of Icing or normal Sugar. Can adjust to your taste.
You need of Juice n zest of one Orange.

Next time I will try with vanilla as well. Add orange juice with pulp and orange zest to the dough; stir. Orange Cookies: In my early days of baking I was not a fan of orange flavor in baked treats. For some reason, it didn't appeal me at all.

Whole meal orange flavoured cookies #authormarathon instructions

In a mixing bowl, add margarine n sugar n mix them together..
Add eggs one by one n continue mixing..
Add any flavour of your choice. Mine was orange so i grated orange zest then squeezed its juice in. Mix well till all ingredients bond..
Add in your flour n mix well to make a soft smooth dough..
Let it rest for 10 mins. There after, roll to 1 cm thickness n using a cookie cutter, cut to your favourite shape. I also used a toothpick to get those small n tiny designs on the cookies..
Grease your baking tray and arrange your cookies ready to be baked. Let them rest again for 10 mins as you pre heat your oven to 170 degrees..
Bake for 20- 25 mins or till they turn golden brown..
Once ready, remove them from the oven, cool n serve with a beverage of your choice. Enjoy..

I don't know when and how the transformation happened and I fell in love with anything orange flavor, be it cakes, cookies, muffins, anything, and everything!. I especially love the orange flavored easy eggless vanilla cupcakes I bake quite often. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture until blended. In large bowl of mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy; beat in egg, orange zest and juice. Gradually beat in flour, baking powder, soda, salt and nutmeg until mixed.