Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 40 min. Bake: 20 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: 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
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
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1 cup sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2 tablespoons grated orange zest
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
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GLAZE:
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5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
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3 tablespoons butter
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1/4 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
Directions
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1.
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.
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2.
Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.
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3.
Bake until firm, 20-25 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
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4.
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.
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