Orange Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Orange and chocolate make a perfect pair with these delicious orange chocolate sugar cookies. Soft, buttery cookies feature a hint of citrus that contrasts beautifully with the bittersweet chocolate glaze. It's easy to whip up a batch on your Ultra Bake cookie sheet for get-togethers or an after-dinner treat.

Skill LevelBeginner

AmountAbout 2 dozen

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon Imitation Clear Vanilla Extract, 8 oz.
2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
5 teaspoons milk
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate

Tools
Perfect Results 13.25 x 9.25 in. Small Cookie Pan
Unbleached Parchment Paper, 30 Sq. Ft.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare cookie pan with parchment paper.
In medium bowl, combine flour, salt and baking powder. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and zest; beat until combined. Add flour mixture; beat until combined.
Roll dough into 1-1/2 in. balls and place 2 in. apart on prepared cookie pan.
Bake 14-16 minutes or until centers of cookies are semi-firm to the touch. Cool cookies on pan on cooling grid 2 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling grid; cool completely.
For glaze, in medium bowl combine confectioners’ sugar and milk until smooth. Spoon over cookies. Melt chocolate in microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Continue melting at 50% power in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until chocolate melts. Drizzle chocolate over cookies.