Orange cream cheese cookies

By á-17891

Ingredients

• 4 oz butter
• 4 oz cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg (lightly beaten)
• 10 g grated orange zest (approx. 2 oranges)
• 1 TBspoon fresh orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup shredded dried coconut
• a little salt

Details

Adapted from dajana-bakerscorner.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the butter and the cream cheese with an electric mixer for 1 minute.
Add the powdered sugar and the baking soda and continue mixing until creamy.
Add the egg, the finely grated orange zest, the orange juice and the vanilla extract – mix shortly again.
Stir in the flour, drop the dough on a floured kneading board, and knead shortly to form smooth dough (if necessary, in case the dough is sticky, add a bit more flour, but not too much).
Divide the dough in two parts and form two 20 cm long (about 5 cm in diameter) logs.
Roll the logs in the coconut flakes and then wrap each in a piece of plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 1/2 an hour (to 1 hour, I put the logs in the freezer in the end, for 10 minutes, because they were still too soft to cut).
Turn your oven on to 375 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
Slice the dough into 5 mm thick slices and place them on baking sheet.
Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, they should stay pale.