Chocolate orange delights
72 cookies
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Butter |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | White sugar |
| 3 | ounces | Unsweetened chocolate, melted |
| ½ | cup | Sour cream |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 2 | teaspoons | Grated orange peel |
| 2 | cups | Flour, sifted |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Chopped walnuts or pecans |
| 2 | cups | Semisweet chocolate chips |
| 3 | ounces | Semisweet chocolate |
| 1 | teaspoon | Orange extract |
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter |
Directions
Preheat oven to 375. Cream butter with sugars. Add melted chocolate, sour cream, eggs, and orange peel. Beat well. Stir in flour, soda, salt, nuts, and chips, in that order.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 12 - 15 min. Cool cookies on a rack.
Melt chocolate with extract. Beat in butter a bit at a time. When smooth, remove from heat. Frost cookies as desired.
Frances E. Callahan, Chester VT 3rd prize, Old Farmer's Almanac 1989 Holiday Cookie Recipe Contest
from: Michael Loo