Make Your Own Orange Lantern Cookies

DC Comics recently released The Larfleeze Christmas Special, which was jam packed with an amazing story starring everyone’s favorite Orange Lantern and filled with a ton of other little treats for comic book fans. One of those treats, was a recipe for Larfleeze’s Orange Lantern Cookies; the very same cookies that Larfleeze baked and left out for Santa Claus. Now you too can make your own Orange Lantern cookies with the nifty little recipe that Geoff Johns was kind enough to grace us with in the holiday special! Here is the complete recipe, reprinted exactly as it appears in The Larfleeze Christmas Special, Enjoy!

 

Cookies: You Will Need-
¼ cup butter (softened)
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons of orange juice concentrate (thawed)
1 teaspoon of orange zest
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
A dash of salt
½ cup white chocolate chunks

 

 

Step 1) Preheat your earth-oven to 350 degrees

 

Step 2) In a big bowl beat butter, sugar, brown sugar, orange juice concentrate and orange zest. Then add egg and vanilla until it looks delicious.

 

Step 3) In a small bowl stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda and dash of salt together.

 

Step 4) Add the small bowl to the big bowl and stir until smooth. Mix in white chocolate chunks.

 

Step 5) Drop small balls of dough across a greased cookie sheet.

 

Step 6) Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.

 

Step 7) Let the cookies cool as you mix the frosting

 

Frosting: You Will Need-
2 tablespoons orange concentrate (thawed)
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons butter (softened)
1 ½ cups powdered sugar

 

 

Step 1) Mix all of the above until it looks like frosting!

 

Step 2) Spread the frosting across cooled cookies (it will melt otherwise!)

 

This recipe makes about two dozen cookies, enjoy! And don’t forget to read The Larfleeze Christmas Special, in stores now!

 

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