Dreamsicle Cookie Food

ORANGE CREAMSICLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer, beat butter, cream cheese, orange zest, and granulated sugar until blended.
• Add in egg, vanilla, orange extract, and the red and yellow food coloring.
• Add in flour, baking powder, and ½ cup confectioners' sugar. With the mixer on low, gradually beat into a creamed mixture.
• Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, create balls and roll them in the remaining confectioners' sugar.
• Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using your hands or the bottom of a drinking glass flatten balls into rounds. Place approximately 6 dough balls on each sheet.
• Bake until they no longer appear wet on top, 8-11 minutes. After about 5 minutes cooling on the pan (they will be soft), place on cooling racks to cool completely.

ORANGE CREAMSICLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Beat butter until light and fluffy.
• Add the sugar, egg, Tang and vanilla extract. Beat for another minute or so.
• Add remaining dry ingredients; mix well.
• Roll heaping tablespoons of dough into balls.
• Place 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes or until tops are very lightly browned.
• Cool 5 minutes on sheet then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

ORANGE DREAMSICLE LUSH

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Make and bake drop cookies as directed on pouch. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In food processor, process half of the cookies to coarse crumbs. Remove to medium bowl. Continue to process remaining cookies to coarse crumbs; add to bowl. Stir in melted butter until well blended. In ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish, press cookie crumb mixture firmly in bottom. Set aside.
• In small bowl, place gelatin, and add boiling water; beat with whisk until blended. Stir occasionally about 2 minutes or until mostly dissolved. In medium bowl, beat dry pudding mixes and milk with whisk about 2 minutes or until thick. Stir in dissolved gelatin. Let stand 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping down side of bowl frequently. Beat in 2 cups of the whipped topping. Spread over cookie crust.
• Pour pudding mixture over cream cheese layer; spread evenly over top. Drop remaining whipped topping by spoonfuls over pudding layer; carefully spread until even. Refrigerate 5 hours.
• When ready to serve, sprinkle orange segments on top. Cut into 6 rows by 3 rows. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pieces.

DREAMSICLE COOKIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350^. Sift together the first 3 ingredients in a large bowl . Set aside. In a large mixer bowl; beat together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add dry instant pudding, then dry jell-O, mixing well. Add eggs and orange extract, mixing until well blended. Slowly add flour mixture, mixing well. Using a standard ice cream scoop(2 oz.) , or rounded Tablespoonful;drop dough onto an un-greased cookie sheet. For 2 oz. cookies, bake at 350^ for 16-18 minutes. For rounded Tablespoon- size cookies, bake 12-14 minutes.Cool on sheet one minute, then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.

DREAMSICLE COOKIE MIX IN A JAR

Steps:

• Mix together flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• Empty jar of cookie mix into large mixing bowl.
• Use your hands to thoroughly blend mix.
• Mix until completely blended, finish mixing with your hands.
• Shape into balls the size of walnuts.
• Place 2" apart on sprayed bake sheet.
• Bake at 375 for 12-14 minutes until tops are very lightly browned.
• Cool 5 minutes on bake sheet then move to rack.

DREAMSICLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat margarine, sugar and tang until well blended.
• Add egg and mix until thoroughly combined.
• Add dry ingredients and mix.
• Stir in vanilla chips.
• Drop by tablespoon full onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375°F for 12 to 14 minutes.

ORANGE DREAMSICLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In a small bowl, whisk egg, food coloring, vanilla and orange extract. In large bowl, mix butter and sugar cookie mix until well blended. Then, mix in egg and food coloring mixture. Once soft dough has formed, stir in baking chips.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough with 1 1/2 tablespoon-size cookie scoop or by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes or just until dough is set (do not overbake). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.

DREAMSICLE DESSERT

Steps:

• Mix gelatin mix with 1 cup boiling water till dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water plus 3 ice cubes and stir into the hot gelatin mix. Set aside 5 minutes to cool.
• Add the instant pudding to the gelatin mixture, stir for about 2 minutes and then let set for approximately 15 minutes to thicken. Fold in the mandarin oranges and Cool Whip.
• Refrigerate for approximately 30 minutes or can be frozen for a more ice cream like dessert.