Lemon-Iced Chocolate Spice Cookies

Name: Lemon-Iced Chocolate Spice Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 78
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 118 milliliters cocoa; 1 large egg; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 78 servings Lemon Glaze; 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind; 3 Tbsps fresh orange juice; 2 teaspoons grated orange rind; 296 milliliters raisins; 113 grams semisweet chocolate squares, coarsely grated; 237 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Lemon-Iced Chocolate Spice Cookies requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 78. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 69 calories. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, flour, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as an inexpensive dessert.

Instructions

Combine raisins and orange juice in a small bowl, and let mixture stand at least 10 minutes.

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Orange Juice

Raisins

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Bowl

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add egg and next 3 ingredients, beating well.

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Egg

Combine all-purpose flour and next 7 ingredients, stirring well; gradually add half of flour mixture to butter mixture, beating well.

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All Purpose Flour

Butter

Add raisin mixture and grated semisweet chocolate, stirring until blended. Stir in remaining flour mixture. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and place on lightly greased baking sheets.

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Semisweet Chocolate

Raisins

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet

Bake cookies at 350 for 9 minutes or until almost firm. Cool on baking sheets 3 minutes.

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Remove to wire racks, and dip warm cookies in Lemon Glaze. Press a piece of chopped candied orange peel into the center of each cookie, if desired. Cool. Store cookies in an airtight container up to 3 weeks, or freeze up to 8 months.

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Candied Orange Peel