Chocolate Orange Cookies
These chocolate-orange cookies hit all the right notes - deeply chocolatey, bright with citrus, and kissed with amaretto for an irresistibly grown-up treat.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 118kcal
Equipment
- Baking or cookie sheet
Ingredients
- 1 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Zest of 1 orange
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 cup grated 80% coca chocolate optional for extra chocolate richness
- 6 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp Amaretto or Frangelico
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Begin by gathering your dry ingredients and placing them in a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to thoroughly blend and combine these dry ingredients until they are well mixed.
- In a separate container, combine all of the liquid ingredients. Once they are fully mixed together, pour this liquid mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Use a wooden spoon to stir and combine the ingredients until a cohesive dough or batter forms.
- Take small portions of the dough and roll them into balls, using about a teaspoon-sized amount for each. If you'd like to enhance the flavor, you can refrigerate the dough balls overnight to allow the flavors to meld and develop.
- When you're ready to bake, preheat your oven to 325°F (160°C) and prepare a cookie sheet by greasing it to prevent sticking.
- Place the dough balls on the prepared cookie sheet and bake them in the preheated oven for approximately 10 minutes. The cookies may appear slightly underdone when you remove them from the oven; this is intentional.
- Allow the baked cookies to sit for about 10 minutes after taking them out of the oven. During this time, they will firm up and reach the desired texture.
Notes
Nutrition estimate is without frosting and sprinkles.
Refrigerating/Freezing:
- Baked cookies should keep well in the freezer for 3 to 4 weeks, with the USDA saying 8 to 12 months.
- At room temperature, baked cookies should keep well for 3 or 4 days.
- For more tips on storing cookies at room temperature vs the refrigerator vs the freezer, see this article by Real Simple.
- Most cookie doughs will freeze well for 2 months. See more here about how to bake after freezing cookie dough.
- Homemade cookie dough can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 to 4
Nutrition
Calories: 118kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 66mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg