Great cookies! Made a few changes: used AP flour butter instead of oil subbed white chocolate chips for walnuts because of a nut allergy added a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and used 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar. And I skipped the final step of rolling the cookies in sugar. The dough was sticky so I just used a scoop and put the cookies straight on the cookie sheet from the bowl. Will def make again!
Delicious but very messy These cookies were delicious. I used regular white unbleached flour because that's what I had (and added about 1/2 cup when I saw how sticky the dough was) but otherwise followed exactly. I ended up giving up trying to roll them into cookies and made a cookie cake and cut into bars instead. Next time might add oatmeal to the dough. I also made a glaze out of the rest of the juice from the orange and powdered sugar a great add if you're not concerned about sugar count. My dad is allergic to eggs so we're always looking for baked goods he can eat - this is a keeper! Pros: Delicious flavor. Dairy-free. Cons: Way too sticky and messy to work with
These cookies are a family favorite! These cookies are a favorite in my home and the first to disappear at family parties. I make a few adaptations when I make them though. First I use white all-purpose flour instead of pastry flour. Due to the stickiness of the dough I add about a quarter cup more flour to the recipe. I also throw in half a bag (about a cup?) of white chocolate chips. I add slightly more orange zest than what is called for and naturally squeezed orange juice from the orange that I am zesting. I flour my hands before I begin rolling a small amount of dough into an inch-sized ball in my hands to help with the stickiness before rolling in in the extra sugar. Serve them at a party and these cookies will leave your guest begging for more! Pros: Amazing flavor easy recipe Cons: Cookie dough is very sticky if you follow the recipe as is.
Yummy Cookie with Some Changes After reading reviews decided to make these substituting 1/2 cup butter 1 egg and 3/4 cups sugar for the applesauce oil and sugar. Excellent results. Will definitely make these again. Pros: Excellent Flavor
Love these Will make again using minced dried fruit for a fruitcake cookie but the original recipe is a favorite. I especially like the orange flavor.
CON Cookies The taste is very bright but I think the problem with the consistency is that most cookie recipes call for butter or shortening creamed together. Instead this recipe calls for oil and there is no egg here to help bind the dry ingredients. A coarser flour like all-purpose may hold up better than pastry flour. I think the originator has the right idea as far as the taste combination but this recipe may work better as a bar cookie as the batter is thin or loose. Pros: Flavorful Very Moist Cons: Wet ingredients
Great recipe. Some of the best cookies i have ever made. Big hit everytime I make them.
Yummy cookies! Just made some right now. i made some subsitutions but it came out lovely anyway.. Instead of applesauce I blended up some pineapple. I used a little less sugar and less oil. Instead of walnuts I chopped up some almonds. I will definitely be making this again!:)
Made these last night. I used 1/2 cup sugar and it was plenty sweet. Good cookies!
I'd give these cookies 5 stars for flavor but only 4 overall because the batter was such a loose mess to work with. I tripled the recipe with frequent breaks to put the batter back in the fridge to firm up. If I make again I'll follow Val's suggestion to use less oil. But my oh my are these yummy!
Good This cookies are very yummy however not what I expected. I made a few changes to this recipe such as using 1/2 cup of sugar as suggested by a review and I used whole wheat flour by King Arthur instead of pastry flour (as I have yet to find pastry flour). While these cookies were tasty they came out tasting more like a bread than a cookie. This could be due to my changes though i'm not sure. Also the dough was sticky and hard to deal with. Will be making this again though. Pros: Tasty Cons: sticky sticky sticky
