Method (cookies)

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan and line 2 baking trays with grease proof paper.
2. Add the butter and caster sugar into a mixing bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Whip with a hand mixer or the stand mixer until light and creamy.
3. Add the milk. Whip again until combined.
4. Sift in the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add in the orange flavouring and fresh orange zest. Mix until just combined.
5. Scoop the cookie dough into 40g balls using spoons or an ice-cream scoop, you can weigh the dough on a set of kitchen scales. Flatten each cookie, pipe or spoon some orange jam into the middle then shape the dough over the jam filling to cover. Make sure it’s completely covered to prevent it oozing out when baking ( refer to video for example).
6. Place the cookies on the lined tray (leave the dough in balls, don’t press them down!), leaving room in between as they will spread when baking.
7. Bake in the middle of the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
8. Once baked, remove the trays from the oven, use a round cookie cutter to help shape the cookies. Use a cookie cutter slightly larger than the cookie to scoot the cookies into a circle.
9. Allow the cookies to cool fully on the baking tray / cooling rack. They’ll be soft when first out the oven but will crisp up.
10. You can enjoy them after 10 minutes, with the gooey filling or you can allow them to chill and top with a delicious cream flower.

Method (cream flower)

1. Add the butter and cream cheese into a bowl and whip until smooth and creamy, either in a stand mixer with a balloon whisk attachment or using a hand held electric whisk.
2. Add in the icing sugar and orange flavour, whip until creamy. If it’s too thin or if it ever splits, add in some more chunks of butter until it’s thick and creamy in consistency. Add in a splash of dairy-free milk if needed.
3. Transfer the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a medium sized round tip nozzle.
4. Once the cookies are fully cool, pipe the flower on top of each cookie (refer to video for example).
5. In the middle of the flower, pipe or spoon in some orange jam. 
6. Serve and enjoy!