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Chocolate Orange Cookie
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Chocolate Orange Walnut Cookies

Chocolate Orange Walnut Cookies are double chocolate cookies made with orange flavored chocolate plus a little agave or honey to keep them soft.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings 16
Author Cookie Madness

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour 4 ½ oz
  • ¼ cup natural not Dutch unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons slightly cold unsalted butter cut up
  • 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons agave honey may be used instead
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 6 oz orange flavored chocolate cut into chunks
  • ½ cup walnut pieces

Instructions

  • Stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add both sugars and beat until creamy; beat in agave (or honey) and vanilla extract.
  • Add egg and beat just until mixed (or beat egg longer if you want a cakier cookie).
  • Using a mixing spoon, stir in the flour mixture until incorporated, then stir in the chopped chocolate and nuts.
  • Scoop dough into 16 to 18 balls and place on a parchment lined plate or baking sheet and let chill for about about an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with foil or parchment paper.
  • Place dough balls approximately 2 ½ inches apart on cookie sheets and bake one sheet at a time on center rack of oven for 12 minutes or until cookies appear puffed and set – do not over bake. Let cookies cool for 3 minutes on cookie sheet then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely

Notes

You can skip the chilling if you want, but cookies made with chilled balls of dough should be a little thicker.