DAY 11: Chocolate Dipped Orange Shortbread Cookies
These are one of my very favorite cookies. Orange flavored not-too-sweet shortbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate.
The dough is shaped into a log, refrigerated until firm and then sliced into rounds to bake. And dipping only half the cookie keeps the fingers much cleaner than trying to dip the whole cookie!
RECIPE:
Chocolate Dipped Orange Shortbread Cookies
————————–(adapted from Smells Like Home)
1 cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
½ tsp pure orange extract
1 tsp fresh orange zest
2 1/3 cups flour
4 oz bittersweet chocolate
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate
1 tsp coconut oil or shortening
Use a mixer to cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and orange extracts and orange zest. Gradually blend in flour.
Roll the dough into a log about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap dough log in clear plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Remove dough from refrigerator and slice dough with a sharp knife into 1/4″ slices, reshaping dough into circles, as necessary. Place cookies onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove immediately to wire rack to cool.
While cookies cool, heat chocolate and coconut oil (or shortening) in a double boiler. Dip half of each cooled cookie in the melted chocolate and place on parchment paper to cool.
Oh wow – these look so good! The chocolate orange combo is always good
Chocolate and orange is one of my favorite flavor combos!
Hi Kelly, These look amazing. I love the chocolate-orange combo, always such a hit and perfect for Christmas too.
If you don’t mind, I’d love if you’d link these up (and any other dessert creations) on Sugar & Slice Sunday link party. Each week Sunday-Thursday.
I was wondering, about how many cookies this makes?
This makes about 3 dozen cookies, depending on how thick you slice them.