Chocolate Orange Cookies
This no chill cookie dough recipe with cocoa powder makes soft chocolate cookies topped with an orange icing and a drizzle of chocolate.
Chocolate Orange Cookies Video
Chocolate Orange Cookies Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 6 tablespoons superfine sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted (measure the sugar, then sift)
- 3 tablespoons orange juice (add 1 tablespoon at a time)
- semi-sweet or dark chocolate, melted to drizzle on top of icing
How to Make the Chocolate Orange Cookies (18 cookies)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 cookie sheets with a sheet of baking parchment paper.
Beat together the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and milk until well-combined.
Sift the flour and unsweetened cocoa powder over the bowl with the butter mixture. Then, gradually mix together to form a soft dough.
Use your fingers to incorporate the last of the flour and bring the dough together.
How to Make the Chocolate Orange Cookies (18 cookies)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 cookie sheets with a sheet of baking parchment paper.
Beat together the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and milk until well-combined.
Sift the flour and unsweetened cocoa powder over the bowl with the butter mixture. Then, gradually mix together to form a soft dough.
Use your fingers to incorporate the last of the flour and bring the dough together.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
Use a 2-inch fluted cookie cutter to cut out cookies.
Of course, you can use 2-inch cookie cutters with other shapes. Heart-shaped chocolate orange cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Place the cookies on the prepared cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Check the cookies at 10 minutes.
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes before moving the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely and become crisp.
For the icing, sift the powdered sugar into a bowl. Stir in enough orange juice (add one tablespoon at a time, so you do not make the icing too thin) to form an icing that coats the back of the spoon.
Swirl a spoonful of icing on each cookie and let dry to set.
Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes before moving the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely and become crisp.
For the icing, sift the powdered sugar into a bowl. Stir in enough orange juice (add one tablespoon at a time, so you do not make the icing too thin) to form an icing that coats the back of the spoon.
Swirl a spoonful of icing on each cookie and let dry to set.
After the icing is set, melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe cup or bowl on high for 30 seconds to 1 minute just to soften it. Then, stir the warm chocolate until it is smooth.
Drizzle the melted chocolate across the icing and let dry to set before serving.
Drizzle the melted chocolate across the icing and let dry to set before serving.
