Italian Style Blood Orange Cookie

Ingredients: (yields approx. 48 cookies)

•  3 cups unbleached organic flour
•  2 cups granulated cane sugar
•  1 t. salt
•  2 t. baking powder
•  2 oranges, peel finely grated
•  1 cup Blood Orange fused Olive Oil
•  2 large eggs (room temperature), whisked
•  2 T freshly squeezed orange juice
•  Powdered sugar for garnish

Directions:

•  Preheat the oven to 350F
•  Using a mixer, blend the sugar, Blood Orange oil, orange juice and eggs.  Beat on medium speed until thick and creamy, about 3 minutes
•  In a seperate bowl, whisk together the flour and remaining dry ingredients
•  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three additions beating in between additions until no dry spots remain
•  Pipe the cookie dough using a pastry bag fitted with a star shaped pastry, portioning approximately two teaspoons of dough per cookie, onto a parchment lined cookie sheet pan. 
•  no pastry bag?  use two spoons to drop batter onto the cookie sheet
•  bake in the center of the oven for 10 minutes
•  Increase the heat to 425F and bake for an additional 2 minutes to aid in creating a golden brown exterior.
•  Remove the cookies to a rack to cool.  When fully cooled, dust with powdered sugar.

recipe shared from Rachel Bradley-Gomez