Once the cookies are cooled you can make the glaze. To make the glaze combine the orange zest, fresh orange juice and powdered sugar in a medium size bowl. Mix until the glaze is smooth and creamy ...

Simple sugar cookies need not be boring. We love punching up their flavor with ginger, cinnamon or apricot jam, and topping them with everything from colorful sprinkles to sticky-sweet icing.

Use a large wooden spoon and large mixing bowl (or a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, on low speed) to cream butter with both types of sugar and orange zest until creamy, but not too ...