White Chocolate Orange Cookies
I had a Terry's White Chocolate Orange and wanted to bake with it somehow. I decided to combine two of my favorite recipes: candy corn cookies and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
The verdict? AWESOMENESS. The recipe creates a unique, very fresh-tasting citrusy white chocolate cookie.
Since it's the holidays, it's the time to readily buy a Terry's Orange; I imagine the milk chocolate Orange will work just as well in this recipe, and might even make it prettier as it adds more color.
White Chocolate Orange Cookies
Ingredients
1 bag (10 ounces) white chocolate chips
1 Terry's White (or Milk) Chocolate Orange
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup (11 tablespoons) butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, room temperature
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (more if needed)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 orange, zested, with two tablespoons of juice reserved
Steps
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Place 1 cup of white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on 50% power in short increments, 20-30 seconds, and stop to stir between passes until the chips blend smoothly. Keep an eye on it! The chocolate will burn very fast. Set the bowl aside to cool.
With another bowl handy, use your fingers to break the Chocolate Orange segments into smaller chunks. (Using a blender is overkill--it pulverizes the chocolate into powder. Which isn't awful, but not ideal, either.)
In a large mixing bowl, beat together the sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs until they're creamy. Mix in the melted chips. Add in the tablespoons of orange juice. Stir in flour, baking soda, zest, and cream of tartar. If the mixture seems too wet, add more flour to improve the consistency--you don't want runny dough! Add the remaining chips and Chocolate Orange pieces.
Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to place dough in rounded lumps on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges begin to turn very light golden brown. Cool on the sheet for several minutes, then move to a rack to cool.
Makes about 35 cookies using a tablespoon scoop.
Recipe originally posted here.
The verdict? AWESOMENESS. The recipe creates a unique, very fresh-tasting citrusy white chocolate cookie.
Since it's the holidays, it's the time to readily buy a Terry's Orange; I imagine the milk chocolate Orange will work just as well in this recipe, and might even make it prettier as it adds more color.
White Chocolate Orange Cookies
Ingredients
1 bag (10 ounces) white chocolate chips
1 Terry's White (or Milk) Chocolate Orange
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup (11 tablespoons) butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, room temperature
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (more if needed)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 orange, zested, with two tablespoons of juice reserved
Steps
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Place 1 cup of white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on 50% power in short increments, 20-30 seconds, and stop to stir between passes until the chips blend smoothly. Keep an eye on it! The chocolate will burn very fast. Set the bowl aside to cool.
With another bowl handy, use your fingers to break the Chocolate Orange segments into smaller chunks. (Using a blender is overkill--it pulverizes the chocolate into powder. Which isn't awful, but not ideal, either.)
In a large mixing bowl, beat together the sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs until they're creamy. Mix in the melted chips. Add in the tablespoons of orange juice. Stir in flour, baking soda, zest, and cream of tartar. If the mixture seems too wet, add more flour to improve the consistency--you don't want runny dough! Add the remaining chips and Chocolate Orange pieces.
Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to place dough in rounded lumps on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges begin to turn very light golden brown. Cool on the sheet for several minutes, then move to a rack to cool.
Makes about 35 cookies using a tablespoon scoop.
Recipe originally posted here.