Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am a big fan of pairing dark chocolate and orange. Here is a recipe for some reinvented chocolate chip cookies that will surprise and excite you.

Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 c butter
1/2 c Crisco
3/4 c white sugar
3/4 c light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
zest of one orange
juice of one orange
2 1/4 c self-rising purpose flour
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Cream the butter, shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, orange juice, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Stir flour and zest into the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips lightly and chill for 20 minutes or so. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on lightly-greased baking sheet and bake 8-10 minutes until light golden brown and still soft, but set in the middle. Let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then remove to cooling rack or counter. 3-4 dozen cookies.

Comments

[Stevers]

This sounds yummy - but I am confused - should I use self rising flour or all purpose flour?

Thanks BH!

[Bloghungry]

I used self-rising flour, because it's what I had on hand and I've been burned in the past with baking soda aftertaste. If you don't have self rising flour you can use 2 1/4 c all purpose flour and 1 tsp baking soda

[Chris]

NOW you're talking! Chocolate and Orange. My two favorites!

[Bev]

yummy, I too LOVE this pairing, actually I was searching for such a recipe when I found yours!

[Stevers]

Thanks for the info on the flour - made these last evening and I think tney are one of the BEST cookies I have had in a long time! You ROCK Bloghungry!! Thanks!

[nilblogette]

Before these cookies, I was about to the point with chocolate and orange that I had reached with S'mores. Sounds like a fantastic combination where you can't go wrong, but the results tended to be kind of bland, a bunch of separate ingredients and textures rather than a unified new taste. These cookies changed all that. FLAVOR BURST in every bite!