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No-bake Orange Juice Cookies
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
- Toast 1 cup of chopped nuts
- Chop wafer cookies until fine in a food processor or smash in plastic bag with rolling pin
- Mix wafer crumbs, orange juice, powdered sugar, butter, and chopped nuts together.
- Shape the mixture into walnut-size balls
- Gently press in finely chopped nuts.
- 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
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These look and sound wonderful Cat. Christmas boobs lol
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Roz
Look fabulous Cat. Will have to try them.
ReplyDeleteHugs Lindy xx
How fun and easy! And the "Christmas boobs" had me glad there was no coffee in my mouth at the moment, i'd have been cleaning the computer again.
ReplyDeleteOh, these sound tasty AND easy -- a combination that suits me well! :)
ReplyDelete[And the boob cookies... That gave me a giggle. ;) ]
Hiya Cat! I'm usually into balls but these boobs look delicious too! So fun to exchange with you. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, these sound really yummy!
ReplyDeleteI like orangey cookies very much.
I'm really glad you played along... Thank You!
I think the kids might like making these for me! Thanks for the recipe, Cat!
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That sounds lovely. And fancy. And delicious. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteThey sound delicious and easy to make. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Ronnie
xx