Blood Orange Sugar Cookies

 

Ingredients:

1 Cup Butter, Softened

1 Cup White Sugar

1 Cup Icing Sugar

4 Cups White Flour

1 Cup Liquid Gold Blood Orange Olive Oil

1 Tsp Cream of Tartar

1 Tsp Vanilla

1 Tsp Baking Soda

1 Tsp Salt

2 Eggs

Flavoured Cane Sugar for Topping

 

Directions:

 

Thoroughly cream oil, butter and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs. Sift all dry ingredients together and stir into mixture.

Chill dough for at least one hour (or keep refrigerated, using as needed). When ready to prepare for baking, roll 1 tsp of dough into a ball for each cookie. Roll part of the ball in sugar mixture, place onto lightly greased cookie sheet, sugar side up, then flatten ball with bottom of a small glass.

Bake for 12 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

Makes about 5-8 dozen depending on size of balls.

 

*You can also substitute the Blood Orange Oil for the Meyer Lemon or Persian Lime.