Orange Cream Cheese Cookies by dachshundlady

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      Orange Cream Cheese Cookies

      Ingredients:
      1/4 cup butter or margarine, soft
      1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, soft
      1 egg yolk
      1/4 tsp. vanilla
      1 pkg. gluten free yellow cake mix
      1 grated orange rind (or 1/4 teas orange oil)
      1/4 cup orange juice
      1/4 cup Grand Marnier (I used Triple Sec)
      Cream butter and cheese. Blend in egg yolk, vanilla, orange rind, orange juice and Grand Marnier. Add cake mix 1/3 at a time, mix well. Chill dough at least 1/2 hour.
      Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Drop my scant teasponfuls on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until delicately browned. Cool cookies a bit before removing from baking sheet.
      Makes 6 to 8 dozen cookies.
      I used scant tablespoons to scoop out the dough which I chilled a couple hours. I baked them 10 minutes. It made 55 cookies. Since a regular cake mix is 18 oz rather than 15, I might use 1/2 cup OJ instead of 1/4. But that is just an "off the top of my head" guess with no real thought. Here is the glaze I made up. It is just approximate. Add the amount or fluid that you like for your desired consistency.
      Orange Icing
      2 1/2 cups confect sugar
      4+ Table OJ
      2 teas zest or a few drops of orange oil
      enough lemon juice to reach your desired consistency.
      I just dipped the cooled cookies upside down in the icing. let them drip off a bit and then back onto the cooling rack placed over a large piece of wax or freezer paper. They keep just great in a cookie tin or tupperware.

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