SPICED EGG YOLK cookies

When you are baking and cooking with recipes that leave you with extra egg yolks, these cookies come to the rescue. By using up six yolks, they help ensure that nothing goes to waste, whether you are making meringues or simply enjoy eating egg whites for breakfast.

- LORI RICE

These cookies are tender inside with a slightly crunchy outside, and they’re loaded with seasonal spices and a hit of orange liqueur. (If you’d rather not use the liqueur, simply substitute all fresh orange juice.)

Plan ahead because the dough does need to rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator before you roll and bake the cookies.

YIELD: 30 to 32 cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1½ cups sugar

• 6 large egg yolks

• 1 tablespoon orange liqueur, such as Cointreau

• 1 tablespoon orange zest

• ½ teaspoon fresh orange juice

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon fine sea salt

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg