Introduction: 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
- 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!
