Summertime is the ultimate time for fruits like oranges and lemons. They are used in many cakes, cookies and stuff like that. I made some really nice Lemon & Rosemary Cookies the other day – you should try them! Delicious and refreshing. This recipe for Polenta Biscuits today is equally delicious and made with mandarin oranges (tangerine) – another citrus fruit I like to use in summer.

The mandarin oranges in this recipe are more or less an accident. I wanted to make the cookies with oranges but accidentally grabbed some mandarin oranges in the store. Normally I know the difference between those two fruits, but this time they looked too similar somehow ;) When I cut them open I realized that the orange I used is actually a mandarin orange – the thick white part from the peel that should have been there was missing. Well… and I saw on a tiny little sticker, that it actually said “mandarin orange” :P

Well, no matter if orange or mandarin orange – the recipe works with both fruits. Nice citrus flavor and a nice crunch from the polenta used in the dough. Something I just recently realized works fine in cookies. Let’s see if I can use it in other cookie recipes as well in the future.
Shall we have a cup of tea and eat some of those cookies now? ;)
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
1/2 cup (120g) butter
3/4 cup (100g) confectioners’ sugar
2 tsp. mandarin orange zest (from organic orange)
1/3 cup (60g) polenta
1 1/4 cups (160g) all-purpose flour
2-3 tsp. sugar
120g Butter
100g Puderzucker
2 TL Abrieb von Bio-Mandarine
60g Polenta
160g Mehl (Type 550)
2-3 TL Zucker

DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
2. Add the butter, confectioners’ sugar, and orange zest to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the polenta and flour and mix until just combined. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and roll out to a rectangle with a thickness of about 0.2 inches (5mm). Cut into 1.6×2.4 inches (4x6cm) rectangles and place those rectangles with some space in between on the prepared baking sheet (roll out the remaining dough again). Prick the biscuits several times with a fork and bake for about 12-14 minutes or until lightly golden in color. Take out of the oven and sprinkle with the sugar, let cool down a bit on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool down completely.
2. Die Butter, Puderzucker und Orangenschale in eine große Schüssel geben und hell und luftig aufschlagen. Polenta und Mehl dazugeben und nur kurz unterrühren. Den Teig auf eine bemehlte Fläche geben und einmal kurz durchkneten, bis ein glatter Teig entsteht. Zu einem Rechteck mit einer Dicke von etwa 5mm ausrollen und dann kleinere Rechtecke mit 4x6cm ausschneiden. Diese Rechtecke dann mit etwas Abstand zueinander auf das vorbereitete Blech setzen und mit einer Gabel mehrmals einstechen. Den restlichen Teig noch einmal ausrollen und zurechtschneiden. Die Kekse für 12-14 Minuten leicht goldbraun backen. Aus dem Ofen holen und mit dem Zucker bestreuen, auf dem Blech noch etwas abkühlen lassen, dann auf ein Kuchengitter setzen und komplett auskühlen lassen.


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Mandarin Orange Polenta Biscuits
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 14m
- Total Time: 45m
- Yield: 20
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: Great Britain
Description
Delicious crunchy biscuits made with polenta and mandarin oranges – the perfect sweet treat for your afternoon tea or coffee :)
Ingredients
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Enjoy baking!
Keywords: biscuits, cookies, mandarin orange, polenta, crunchy