Calendula Drop Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 calendula flowers
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 oranges, zest of, grated
• 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, at room temp
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup almond halve

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
• 3 rinse flowers and pull off petals, set aside.
• 4 in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and orange rind till fluffy.
• 5 add orange juice concentrate and vanilla.
• 6 mix in eggs, stirring till blended.
• 7 sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• 8 blend calendula petals and dry ingredients into creamed mixture.
• 9 drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
• 10 press an almond half on top of each.
• 11 bake 12-15 minutes.