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Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies

Name: Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons grated orange zest; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup finely chopped blanched almonds; GLAZE:; 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped; 3 tablespoons butter; 1/4 cup finely chopped blanched almonds

9 reviews

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Total Time

Prep: 40 min. Bake: 20 min./batch + cooling

Makes

6 dozen

These tender cookies are pretty to look at—and the combination of cream cheese, orange, chocolate and almonds makes them almost irresistible. —Linda Call, Falun, Kansas

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
GLAZE:
5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup finely chopped blanched almonds

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar and salt until blended. Beat in orange zest and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in almonds.
Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
Bake until firm, 20-25 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For glaze, in a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with almonds. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 81 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 12mg cholesterol, 57mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies

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