Orange Zest Sugar Cookies 🍊✨

Soft, buttery rounds sparkling with bright citrus and a whisper of cardamom, finished with a tangy orange drizzle. Sunshine in cookie form!

Ingredients (18 cookies)
• ½ cup / 115 g unsalted butter, room temp
• ⅔ cup / 135 g granulated sugar
• 1 Tbsp finely grated orange zest (about 1 large orange)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ⅓ cups / 170 g all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp ground cardamom (optional but magical)
• Pinch fine salt

Orange Glaze
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp fresh orange juice
• ½ tsp orange zest

Quick Steps
1️⃣ Cream butter, sugar & zest until fluffy (2 min). Beat in egg & vanilla.
2️⃣ Fold in flour, baking powder, cardamom & salt just until a soft dough forms. Chill 30 min.
3️⃣ Scoop 1 Tbsp balls onto lined sheet; bake 9–10 min at 350 °F / 175 °C until edges barely golden. Cool.
4️⃣ Whisk glaze; drizzle over cookies, sprinkle extra zest. Set 10 min — then bite into citrus bliss!

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