Orange-Walnut Cookies with Orange Glaze

Name: Orange-Walnut Cookies with Orange Glaze
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces/354 grams); 3/4 cup, superfine sugar (5 1/2 ounces/156 grams); 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, ( 2 sticks) cut into sixteen 1/2-inch pieces, at cool room temperature (about 65 degrees); 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons, cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon, grated orange zest; 1 cup, finely ground walnuts; 1 tablespoon, cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon, grated orange zest; 3 tablespoons, milk; 1 1/2 cups, confectioners' sugar (6 ounces/170 grams)

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Every holiday cookie platter should have an orange-flavored choice.

SERVES 36 - 40 (2 1/2-inch) cookies

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