Orange-Dark Chocolate Cookies

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!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 161 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup butter
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup light brown sugar
• 1 orange, zested and juiced
• 2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
• ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips (such as Hershey's®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Very lightly grease a baking sheet.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

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.