Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies

Name: Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters unsweetened natural cocoa powder; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 12 Tbsps unsalted butter, room temperature; 118 milliliters 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 Tbsp orange zest

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Chocolate Orange Shortbread Cookies a try. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 30. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 74 calories. A mixture of tablespoons granulated sugar, butter, kosher salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as chocolate dipped cranberry orange shortbread cookies, Chocolate Dipped Cardamom Orange Paleo Shortbread Cookies, and Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Oven

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl. (Do not skip this step as cocoa powder has a tendency to clump. You want the dry ingredients sifted to ensure a tender cookie.) Set aside.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Make the cookie dough: Beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed in a mixer for 5 minutes, being sure to scrape down the sides and bottom as needed.

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Cookie Dough

Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Add the vanilla and orange zest and mix for 30 seconds.

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Orange Zest

Vanilla

Add about half the flour mixture and mix on low speed. Scrape down the bottom and sides and add the rest of the flour mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Once incorporated mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.

Roll out the cookie dough:

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Roll

Lay out a sheet of parchment paper and place the dough on it. Cover with another sheet of parchment paper and roll out to 1/4-inch thickness with a rolling pin. (You can also lightly flour a work space, but I find my method far easier, cleaner, and the shortbread keeps a sandy texture by not picking up the extra flour.)

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Shortbread Cookies

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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You may find the dough getting too soft. If it does, place it in the freezer for ten minutes to firm it up before you continue rolling or cutting. (The dough is very hard to work with when soft.)

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Dough

Cut into desired shapes and place on the baking sheets about 1-inch apart.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 325°F for 13-15 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through baking. It can be difficult to tell when these cookies are done, so when they smell like freshly baked cookies and the edges are slightly firm but still give a bit then consider them done (simply enough, it takes some judgment on your part).

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Remove the pans and allow the cookies to cool for a minute or two before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Servings:

237milliliters

all-purpose flour 177milliliters

unsweetened natural cocoa powder 1teaspoons

kosher salt 12Tbsps

unsalted butter, room temperature 118milliliters

2 Tablespoons granulated sugar 1teaspoon

pure vanilla extract 1Tbsp

orange zest

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Madeira, Prosecco

Shortbread Cookies can be paired with Cream Sherry, Madeira, and Prosecco. Sweet bubbly Prosecco doesn't overwhelm simple sugar or shortbread cookies, a sweet cream sherry complements spiced cookies, and madeira's nutty notes match cookies with nuts perfectly. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.