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Chocolate Orange Cookies

11/1/2021

 
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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

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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
Orange Icing
  • 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted (measure the sugar, then sift)
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice (add 1 tablespoon at a time)
Chocolate Drizzle
  • semi-sweet or dark chocolate, melted to drizzle on top of icing
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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.
Bring Dough Together for Chocolate Orange Cookies
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
Roll Out the Chocolate Orange Cookie Dough
​Use a 2-inch fluted cookie cutter to cut out cookies.
Cut Out the Chocolate Orange Cookies
​Of course, you can use 2-inch cookie cutters with other shapes. Heart-shaped chocolate orange cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Chocolate Orange Cookies Hearts with Icing
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.
Swirl Icing on Chocolate Orange Cookies
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.
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Like soft cookies? Try Soft Honey Cookies or Strawberry Lemon Shortbread Cookies. 

​See more Recipes to Bake:
Chocolate Marshmallow Pies
Blackberry Lemon Cake
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Mini Chocolate Tarts
Wild Blueberry Muffins
Raspberry Buttermilk Cake

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