I like to keep my recipes simple and easy, I always maintain that there is not real art to baking. It’s just science. Anybody who can read and measure can bake. But every once in a while, I try out a new recipe like this one that teaches me that baking is actually an art.
Ingredients:
For the Orange-Pecan Spice Shortbread Cookies:
2½ cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
1½ tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
1 cup room temperature, salted butter, cut into small pieces
For the Jam & Sparkling Sugar Topping:
Homemade or prepared Jam, plum, raspberry, or strawberry
Granulated sugar, for sprinkling
Sparkling white sugar, such as Wiltons, for sprinkling
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