Melt-in-Your Mouth Orange Krispies

It's a SNOW day in Vermont and with 2 feet of snow on the ground and still snowing, it is the perfect time to make my "Melt-in-Your Mouth Orange Krispies!"

Step 1: Gather Your Materials

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 Cup Crisco Shortening (1 Stick)
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Large Egg
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Orange Extract
• 1 1/2 Cup King Arthur Flour All Purpose Flour
• Orange Sprinkles

Step 2: Pre-Heat Your Oven

• Check your oven to make sure it's EMPTY!

• Set your oven to 375 degrees F.

Step 3: Mix and Measure

Mix together the stick of shortening and the salt until well mixed.

Step 4: Cream It!

Cream or mix together the salt and the shortening until it is fluffy.

Step 5: Cookies on the Sheet

• Cover your cookie sheets with parchment paper or baking spray.

• Drop your cookies by teaspoonful onto the cookie sheets.

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Step 6: Mix the ESOE!

• Add to your creamed shortening/salt mixture:
  • Egg
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons of Orange Extract
  • 1 C. Sugar
  • 1 1/2 C. Flour

Step 7: Sprinkle Your Cookies

Lightly sprinkle the cookies BEFORE you bake them with Orange Sprinkles!

Step 8: Into the Oven

• Place large cookie sheet into the oven.

• For best results, only bake one level of sheets at a time.

Step 9: Cool Off the Cookies!

• Take your cookie sheet out of the oven and place on the counter to cool for 2 min.

• After 2 min., take the cookies off the cookie sheet and place on cooling rack.

Step 10: REPEAT and CLEAN UP!

• Continue those steps until all cookie dough is used up about 4 dozens bite size cookies!

• Store the leftover cookies in an air-tight container. (If you haven't eaten them all!)

• Clean up and put your recipe away!

• • Just as an option for future cookies - extract flavors and sprinkle colors can be changed out to depending on the season! For example, raspberry extract and red sprinkles for Valentine's Day.

Step 11: EAT AND ENJOY!

• Now you deserve a cup of tea and a melt-in-your mouth orange krispie!

• After all....life is short - eat dessert first!

• Enjoy the rest of your SNOW day!

Comments

[ceknight]

Yummy!!! I can attest to their goodness. Great job!

[BryantG7]

Great instructions ---like the format. Yeah to snow days and cookies!

[KathyE55]

The juxtaposition of snowy scenes highlighted the melt-in-your-mouth yumminess of these treats! Nice touch! I was dying to put a few dark chocolate morsels atop each cookie...orange and chocolate rock!

[calebjc]

Yum. Can't wait for the next snow day.

[cbknight]

Thanks!