- 1 medium
seedless orange
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup
sugar
- 1/2 cup
oil
- 2 tsp.
baking powder
- 3 cups
flour
- Jam or
other fillings
Cut the
orange into quarters and pulverize it in
your food processor until finely chopped.
Add the eggs, sugar and oil, and process for
about 10 seconds. Add the baking powder and
flour and process with several on/off turns,
just until the flour is blended into dough.
It will be slightly sticky, but that's OK.
Cut the dough into 3 or 4 pieces, and work
with just one lump at a time.
Roll the
dough out on a well-floured board to about
1/8 inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter
cut 3-inch circles of dough. In the middle
of each circle, put about 1/2 teaspoon of
filling: jam, chocolate chips, or even
canned pie filling. Pinch the sides of the
circle up, making a triangular enclosure,
and leaving the top slightly open so that
you can see the filling. (Just make sure
that the corners are firmly pinched so that
the jam doesn't leak out the sides.)
Place
cookies on a greased cookie sheet and bake
at 350º F (180º C) for 15 to 20 minutes, or
until lightly browned. Makes about 4 dozen
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