Orange chocolate chunk cookies

3 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupFlour
½teaspoonBaking soda
¼teaspoonSalt
1teaspoonGrated orange peel (1 med orange worth)
1cupWhite sugar
½cupLight brown sugar, packed
1cupSalted butter, softened
2largesEggs
1teaspoonPure orange extract
cup(8oz) semisweet chocolate bar, coarsely chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 300F. In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and orange peel. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside. In a large bowl, blend sugars with electric mixer at medium speed. Add butter and beat to form a grainy paste, scraping sides of bowl if needed.

Add eggs and orange extract, and bet at memdium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture and chopped chocolate. Blend at low speed just until combined. Do not overmix. Drop by rounded tbsps onto an ungreased cookie sheets, 1-½ inch apart. Bake for 22-24 minutes until cookies are slightly brown along edges. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula. Makes 3 dozen.

Origin: Cookbook Digest, Mar/Apr 93. Shared by: Sharon Stevens.