Wishing you the brightest holiday season filled with family, friends, celebration and love.
Thank you for being a part of my life and look forward to enjoying the coming with you as part of it.
~Susan
Sweeten the season with this festive recipe.

Orange Star CookiesIngredients
• 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.
Makes 40 pieces
 
Enjoy your holidays and I’ll be back with more tips and articles starting Jan 2nd!