Orange Butter Cookies Dipped in Chocolate
From krumkake 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 48
I received this recipe from a neighbor in Charleston, IL at a cookie exchange - those were some good cooks in that neighborhood! These look very festive and elegant on a party tray, and the orange and chocolate flavors go together very nicely. Read more If you don't care for the orange flavor, the peel could easily be omitted for just a good butter cookie dipped in chocolate. See less
Ingredients
- cookies shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- ¾ cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 2 tablespoons grated orange peel shopping list
- 2 cups white flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- ½ teaspoon salt shopping list
- white sugar (for dipping the glass in to flatten the cookies before baking) shopping list
- glaze shopping list
- 1 cup milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips shopping list
- 3 tablespoons light corn syrup shopping list
- 4 tablespoons solid shortening (like Crisco – trans-fat free…you could try substituting butter, but I have never tried that so I don’t know if it would work as well) shopping list
How to make it
- For the cookies, beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl.
- Beat in the extract, egg and orange peel.
- Stir in remaining cookie ingredients until well mixed.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls, and place them 2-inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Flatten each ball with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in white sugar.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes, just until the cookies begin to brown very lightly around the edges.
- Remove cookies from baking sheet and cool on racks or waxed paper.
- When cookies are cool, dip ½ of each cookie into the glaze and lay on waxed paper to allow the glaze to set up and harden.
- Store in air-tight container, using waxed paper to separate layers – this will prevent the chocolate glaze from sticking to the other cookies.
- To make the glaze, place the chocolate chips in a narrow, deep microwaveable bowl (I use a 4 cup glass measuring cup for this).
- Add corn syrup and shortening to bowl.
- Microwave glaze for 45 seconds.
- Depending on the power of your microwave, continue to microwave 15 seconds at a time until you can stir the glaze and all the chocolate is melted.
- NOTE: If you have never melted chocolate in the microwave, you must be VERY careful not to overheat it or the chocolate will form into a massive grainy, hard mess and it will have to be thrown out! Continue to microwave 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each interval, until all the chocolate is melted and the glaze is smooth.
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Duck is gonna LOVE this!!!!!
angelgal
in New Philadelphia loved it
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...and again :) Drooling in the keyboard... :)
kukla
in Barrie, Ontario loved it
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These look so good. Great post!
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