Chocolate and orange have become a festive flavour combination, and it’s easy to add grated orange zest—from any variety of orange, including mandarins (though you may need two mandarins’ worth of zest) to the dough of a classic chocolate chunk cookie. If you’re a traditionalist, leave the orange zest out
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Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4-1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (or so) chopped dark chocolate or chocolate chips (or a chopped dark chocolate orange)
Servings1-1/2 dozen
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
14 minutes
Total Time
24 minutes
How To Make It
Preheat the oven to 350˚F
In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugars and orange zest for a few minutes, until pale and light. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the flour, baking soda and salt and beat on low speed (use a paddle attachment if you have one) or stir by hand until almost combined; add the chocolate and stir just until blended
Drop by the scoop or large spoonful onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes, or until deep golden around the edges but still soft in the middle. Transfer to a wire rack to cool
