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Orange Cookies from Italy
From: Gottuso68
Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

While vacationing in Italy, I devoured hundreds of cookies at a wonderful bakery in Ponticello. I discovered the recipe for the bakery's orange cookies in a newsletter not far from the bakery. I had it translated and now I make them all the time at home in NY. They're slightly sweet and dry - perfect for coffee or breakfast. I even made tiramisu using those orange cookies in place of the traditional ladyfingers.. very delicious.

Turn oven on to 350 degrees.

In bowl, mix together:
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
Then add:
1/2 cup butter (softened)
Blend well.

In different bowl, mix together:
4 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
a pinch of salt

Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture.

Mix 1/2 cup milk with:
1 teaspoon orange extract
and mix in the batter. The dough will form into a ball.

Form cookies by taking pieces of dough and roll them into balls the size of golf ball (about 1 heaping Tbsp. dough for each cookie). Place them on wax paper-lined baking sheet and bake till done. Lightly golden in color. About 10 minutes. Let them cool.