Orange spritz cookies

I missed the majority of summer baking. I missed pretty much all of fall baking. But I'm determined not to let the best baking season of all...

These are my favorite Spritz Cookies that are from my Italian Grandmas recipe book! This delicious sugar cookie dough can be piped into all different shapes and sizes and is even better when dipped in chocolate.

This recipe makes a lot of terrific cookies! It's great for Christmas when all the kids and grandkids visit. They can help decorate the cookies-not to mention help eat them! —Paula Pelis, Rocky Point, New York

These Italian American orange cookies are light, moist, and have a mild orange flavor from using orange juice, zest, and optional extract.

Blood Orange Spritz Cookies are bursting with natural orange flavor and color.

Preheat oven to 350°F. In mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and orange juice. Mix in flour, orange rind and optional pecans. Mix just until combined. Dough...

These crisp little cookies, made using a cookie press, have a rich buttery flavor with a hint of orange, cinnamon and ginger. Sprinkle the raw dough with sugar crystals before baking and serve as individual cookies or make sandwich cookies with purchased frosting. Delicious paired with Dark Hot Chocolate.

Sugar cookies, shaped like Christmas trees, with piped icing garland and a garnish of festive sprinkles. Gingerbread men with chocolate chip eyes and cinnamon candy buttons. Those round buttery cookies filled with chopped nuts and rolled in powdered sugar, called Mexican Wedding Cakes or Russian Tea Cakes or Snowballs, depending on your generation and geographic origin.

Chocolate-Orange Yogurt Spritz Cookies. Dainty and delicate, these orange-scented cookies are a spin on a classic spritz cookie with the addition of yogurt and a dip in rich dark chocolate.

Orange Spritz Cookies ~ A bit of citrus burst makes these tiny tender cookies irresistible