These soft cookies with sage and candied oranges are perfect snack for spring and summer day. I have been wanting to bake cookies with citrus and herb combo and found a refreshing match with fresh sage and candied oranges.
Sage and Candied Oranges
If you are not familiar with sage leaves, they have woodsy, citrusy flavor and commonly used in dishes with pork, chicken, vegetables, or pasta. One of the most popular dishes with this herb is butternut squash ravioli in brown butter. Butternut squash pasta with brown butter is delicious with sage so why not incorporate it into buttery cookies?
Adding citrus to baked goodies is one of my favorite things to do and candied oranges and sage really complement each other! Normally, I make my own candied oranges, but for these cookies, I used a packet of candied orange slices from Trader Joe’s. I used them before and these orange slices are sweet, but have wonderful, fresh citrus flavor.
Shortbread Cookies
These delicious, not too sweet shortbread are my go to cookies. They are totally worth it even if you have to chill the dough for at least 2 hours before you can bake them! Specs of sage leaves and candied oranges make a pretty pattern when you roll out the cookie dough too! I was able to make 30 cookies using a 2½” cookie cutter and when I helped myself to couple of them, I got sage leaves and candied oranges with every bite but without overwhelming flavors.
You can make all kinds of fun, flavorful cookies with a simple shortbread dough. Add fresh citrus or flower waters like I did with my Hearts and Roses Shortbread Cookies and Orange Blossom Bunny Cookies!
Cookies and Ginori Teacups
It’s time for cookies and tea, and my ceramic Ginori teacups are absolutely perfect! I talked about these Ginori cups in my Ahmad Tea post, but just how cute and fitting are these teacups with sage leaves in the front!
Cookies with Sage and Candied Oranges
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp minced sage leaves
- 3 tbsp finely chopped candied oranges
Instructions
- Combine flour and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Beat in vanilla extract and scrape down sides with silicone spatula.
- Gradually mix in the flour and do not over mix. Add candied oranges, sage and mix until combined. Divide dough in half, transfer onto two sheets of plastic wrap and form into discs. Chill the dough in fridge for 2 hours.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat and turn on the oven to 300°. On a well floured surface roll out the cookie dough to ¼ inch thickness. Use 2½ inch cookie cutter to cut out cookies.
- Line cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet and bake for 22 – 25 minutes. Let cookies cool completely before serving.
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