Great Online Cookie Exchange Extravaganza 2019!!!

Welcome to the Great Online Cookie Exchange and thanks to the awesome Jz for once again organizing it!!!!

No-bake Orange Juice Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) vanilla wafer cookies
• 3/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
 not diluted

• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts or pecans

Instructions

1. Toast 1 cup of chopped nuts
2. Chop wafer cookies until fine in a food processor or smash in plastic bag with rolling pin
3. Mix wafer crumbs, orange juice, powdered sugar, butter, and chopped nuts together.
4. Shape the mixture into walnut-size balls
5. Gently press in finely chopped nuts.
6. Layer cookie balls between sheets of waxed paper in covered container in refrigerator

How to Toast Nuts

Stovetop:

• Heat heavy bottomed pan over medium heat and add nuts
• Spread nuts evenly over the pan surface and let them sit for 30 seconds or so, then stir
•  Keep stirring approx 3-4 minutes or until the nuts become fragrant
•  Remove from heat
•  Spread out and plate and set aside to cool

Microwave

•  Spread chopped nuts on a plate
•  Microwave in 30 second increments until toasted, tossing between stops
•  Usually takes about 1 1/2 minutes total.
•  Set aside to cool

Note:

• Be very careful not to burn the nuts either way you choose to toast them.
• These cookies are very sweet with an intense orange flavor

Participating Blogs...be sure to visit for some awesome treats!

Baker

blossom

greengirl

Hermione

Jz

Lindy

little monkey

messymimi

Mrs. Fever

olivia

Ronnie

Ryan

Sassy

selkie  (blog here, recipe here)
Morningstar

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