Description
Lightly spiced citrus spice cookies dipped in chocolate are perfect for holiday cookie trays – or enjoying on your own!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons orange zest, divided
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 4 ounces milk chocolate, melted
Instructions
- Combine flour
- sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- and cloves in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add butter and beat until mixture resembles crumbs and starts to stick together. Work until dough sticks together and forms a smooth ball that is not sticky
- adding milk if mixture is too dry. Press into a disk shape and wrap in wax paper. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Lightly flour a clean countertop. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and place on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake cookies in the preheated oven until bottoms are lightly golden
- 18 to 22 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks and cool completely
- about 30 minutes.
- Line the countertop with wax paper. Dip tops of cookies into the melted chocolate
- allowing excess to drip back into the bowl. Place cookies on the wax paper and immediately sprinkle tops with remaining 1 tablespoon orange zest. Let dry.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 36