Description
These make a fantastic Christmas cookie, or if you’re like me and love these chocolate-orange flavors, it’s good all year long. If you bring these bad boys to a potluck, prepare to be very popular!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
- 2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
- 2 eggs
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips (such as Hershey’s®)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Very lightly grease a baking sheet.
- Beat white sugar
- brown sugar
- butter
- shortening
- vanilla extract
- and orange juice together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs 1 at a time
- beating well after each addition.
- Combine flour
- baking soda
- salt
- and orange zest in another bowl. Stir into butter mixture. Fold in chocolate chips lightly. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown and still soft
- but set in the middle
- 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 36