Make something cool: Iced Orange Cookies

These are yummy and theoretically good for you since they contain whole grains. Good for Christmas or special occasions, they look fancy and taste great.  These are soft and cake-like cookies with a creamy frosting.

Iced Orange Cookies
From King Arthur Flour's Whole Grain Baking

Dough
11 T unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 t vanilla
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 egg
1/2 cup orange juice (grate the zest before juicing)
2 T grated orange zest (rind of 1-2 oranges)
2 c whole wheat flour

Icing
2 c confectioners' sugar
2 T butter, softened
1 T grated orange zest
1/4 t vanilla
1/8 t salt
2 T orange juice

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.

Prepare the dough. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla, baking powder and soda, and salt in medium bowl. Beat in the egg, then the OJ and zest, scraping the bowl. Will look curdled. Add the flour, beating until smooth. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared sheets.

Bake cookies, reversing pans midway through until they are just barely beginning to brown around the edges, 10 minutes. Remove cookies fromt he oven and let them cool on the pans for 10 min before transferring them to a rack to cool.

Prepare the icing. Beat the sugar, butter, zest, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl until well combined. Beat in the OJ till the mixture is spreadable. Spread icing on the cookies when they are completely cool, using a generous 1 teaspoon icing for each.