Chocolate and Orange Cookies

By llpinter

Use the Vanilla Cookie recipe to make this recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 batch of vanilla cookie dough, divided.
• 1 square (1 oz) semisweet chocolate, melted.
• 1 tablespoon orange peel, grated.

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking sheets. Divide the dough in half and place in 2 large bowls. Mix melted chocolate into half of the dough until blended. Stir grated orange peel into other half.
2. For each cookie, drop 1 tsp orange dough and 1 tsp chocolate dough side by side on baking sheets. (tip: its easier to put all the orange drops downa and then all the chocolate drops next to them.) Gently roll each cookie into a ball and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. cool about 5 minutes on baking sheets. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely.

Makes 36 cookies