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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 6 3/8 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons water
  • 1 Orange
  • orange food colouring
  • 2 cups all purpose flour sifted
  • whole cloves

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325°F/ 160°C .
  • Cream the sugar and butter together, and then add the water, orange zest and food colouring. Add the flour.
  • Once combined, transfer dough to plastic wrap and let it sit in the refrigerator for several hours.
  • Shape into little mandarins. Put one clove into the top of each mandarin cookie (to mimic a stem.) Arrange cookies on a parchment lined baking tray and bake for 20 minutes.