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Freshly Milled Sourdough Orange Glazed Cookies

Combine freshly milled flour and sourdough with tangy orange and cocoa for a Christmas cookie you'll be craving all year!
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 49 minutes

Ingredients
  

Cookie

  • 200 g freshly milled flour I used 100g hard white wheat and 100g soft white wheat
  • 100 g sourdough discard
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbs cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1/4 cup orange zest roughly two oranges

Glaze

  • 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup orange juice

Instructions
 

Cookie

  • Mill your flour into a large bowl and set aside.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the freshly milled flour. Stir to combine.
  • In a separate bowl, combine your wet ingredients. Whisk together until well combined.
  • Add your wet mix to your dry mix and stir to combine. The dough will be very sticky!
  • Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and allow this to rest for 30 mins before baking. To further increase the benefits of the sourdough, transfer to the refrigerator for 12-24 hours.
  • When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
  • Generously flour your work surface and working in batches, add some cookie dough. It is going to be very sticky.
  • Using the palms of your hands gently roll your dough into a rope roughly 1-1.5 inch thick. You'll need to continue adding flour to keep it from sticking to your hands. Using a bench scraper may help as well. Once you are able to work with the cookie dough without it sticking to you, stop adding flour.
  • Use your bench scraper or a butter knife to cut the rope into 1-1.5 inch sections.
  • Transfer the cookie squares to your prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake for 8-11 minutes based on how thick your rolled out your dough. They will be puffy but firm.

Glaze

  • Mix the sifted powdered sugar and orange juice together to make the glaze. If it seems too runny, add more powdered sugar a teaspoon at a time and vice versa if it seems too stiff.
  • Once the cookies have completely cooled, dip them in the glaze and set them on a rack to dry. This glaze will harden completely.