Orange Star Cookies

Orange Star Cookies

Ingredients • 1 orange • Zest of 1 orange • 2 sticks butter • 1 cup sugar • Pinch of salt • 2 egg yolks • 1 large egg • 4 cups flour • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 1 1/2 cups orange marmalade • 3 tablespoons orange extract • Powdered sugar for topping • Flour for work surface • Butter or cooking spray • Star shaped cookie cutter

Directions 1. Juice the orange, and strain to remove seeds. Set aside. 2. Mix softened butter with sugar. Add orange zest, 3 tablespoons of juice from orange, salt, large egg and egg yolks, stirring until frothy. 3. Mix flour with baking powder and sift into mixture. Knead with your hands into a smooth dough, and roll in plastic wrap. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 3 hours. 4. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease two baking sheets. Spread out flour and flatten the dough on top with a rolling pin - about 1/10 of an inch thick. 5. Cut out stars, rolling scraps of dough back out to cut as many stars as possible. Pinch a circle into the center of cookies, being sure to not make holes. Place cookies on the baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes. Cookies will be firm to the touch when fully baked, and should not brown. 6. Mix orange marmalade with the extract in a saucepan on low heat until smooth. Place a spoonful of the mixture into the dipped center of each cookie. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.