Its been a gorgeous day today – the sort of sunshine that makes everyone smile. In honour of Spring doing its hardest to appear again, I’ve carried on with the Spring baking theme with my Sunshine Cookies. Soft, sweet cookies with a citrus zing. Totally addictive, one will never be enough.
Sunshine Cookies
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| Serves | 25 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 12 minutes |
| Total time | 27 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Casual Party |
Soft citrus cookies with a sugary crispy shell
Ingredients
- 100g Granulated Sugar
- 100g Caster Sugar
- 2 Oranges (The Zest Of)
- 1 Lemon (The Zest Of)
- 120g Softened Butter
- 220g Self Raising Flour
- 2 Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 6 tablespoons Icing Sugar
Directions
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 180C and line 3 baking trays with baking parchment | |
| 2. | |
| Mix the sugar and the zest of the orange & lemon. | |
| 3. | |
| Using an electric mixer, whisk in the butter until fully combined and light and airy | |
| 4. | |
| Keep the mixer on a medium speed, add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla whilst still mixing. | |
| 5. | |
| Reduce the speed to a low setting & add the flour a tablespoon at a time, until just added. | |
| 6. | |
| Turn off the mixer and fold through with a spatula until just combined | |
| 7. | |
| Put the icing sugar in a dessert bowl - Sift if contains any lumps | |
| 8. | |
| Using a dessert spoon, scoop up a spoons worth of dough (it is a sticky, loose dough) and drop into the icing sugar. Coat all over the dough and roughly mould into a ball shape. | |
| 9. | |
| Arrange no more than 12 dough balls on an oven tray and bake for 12 minutes until just turning golden | |
| 10. | |
| Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack | |
| 11. | |
| They will have a lovely sugary shell and be light, fluffy and soft inside | |
Oh, wow! Thank you very much for featuring my Chocolate Bundlette Cakes – I am so honored. I love baked goods and I want to eat everything here. 😀 Thanks for the awesome party. 🙂
Thanks loads for joining in Jhuls – I’ve been dreaming of those chocolate bundlettes all week! x
These cookies look yummy, definitely perfect for the almost spring we’ve been having!
Thanks for the shout outs 😀
Very welcome, Michelle – thanks for joining in! x
ANd very sunshiney they look too, yum they sound delicious.
Thanks Nova – Lovely to see you joining in this week x
Thank you so much for the feature 🙂
Your cookies would not last an hour with my family!! You have no idea how much they love lemon-cookies
Thanks Winnie – I have to admit they didn’t last very long here either! x
Thanks so much for the special mention Helen! 🙂 The raspberries were great in the brownies.
Your cookies look so bright and zingy, they are definitely one I’m going to try very soon here.
Ooh hope you do try them – Raspberries are such a perfect addition to brownies x
Just the thing to cheer us up, your Sunshine Cookies look delicious. Thanks for hosting 🙂
Thanks for joining in Sarah – Hope you have been having a good week and don’t need cheering up too much x
Oh wow – I imagine these could be my favourite cookies ever, really need to try this recipe when not calorie counting as harshly! 🙂 xx
Ooh you are very disciplined! Surely the calories don’t count if eaten standing up? x
Hi Helen,
Thank you for the big feature of The Dream Baker’s Birthday Chocolate Chiffon Cake in Bake of the Week Roundup! I was so thrilled! Thanks for such meaningful and wonderful event. Hoping to be able to keep up with my participation.. You did well! 🙂
Kerene, The Dream Baker
Thanks Karene – really appreciate you being so involved! x
Erm those photos were a little too bright I’m thinking! Woke everyone up! x
15 minutes to zest two oranges and a lemon; super speedy skills… I’m rubbish at it, any tips on doing it quickly!
Ta x
Thanks for taking part in Treat Petite – you have certainly brightened up my day. What a lovely Mother’s Day gift!
Oooh I bet your kitchen smelt heavenly after baking these! Thanks so much for sharing with Tea Time Treats 🙂
Janie x
These cookies so cute, plus they look absolutely scrummy! I’ll definitely be trying this recipe in the future. #Joseph