Chewy Orange Cookies with Dark Chocolate Orange Ganache
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Recipe type: Dessert, Snack
 
A quick bright citrus cookie, with your choice of topping, but the orange chocolate is the BOMB
Ingredients
  • COOKIES
  • 1 orange cake mix - I love Duncan Hines Orange Supreme
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, melted
  • 2 eggs.
  • ½ teaspoon orange zest
  • ⅓ cup orange juice
  • ¼ teaspoon orange extract (be careful here - too much will make it bitter)
  • ORANGE GANACHE
  • ⅓ cup good semi sweet chocolate, chopped
  • ¼ cup cream
  • ¼ to ½ teaspoon orange extract (start with less, bitter is bad)
  • ICING
  • 1 Tablespoon soft butter
  • ¼ teaspoon orange zest
  • 2 Tablespoons orange juice
  • 2 Tablespoons cream or milk
  • about 1½ to 2 cups powdered sugar (enough to make a spreadable glaze
Instructions
  1. Cookies:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Mix the cake mix with eggs, juice, zest, butter and orange extract. Beat just for 30 seconds to a minute, just until blended.
  4. Drop by mounded tablespoons onto parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake approximately 12 minutes, until firm but not browned on top. Place on racks to cool.
  5. Ganache:
  6. Place chocolate and cream in a small bowl and microwave about 1 minute at a time until hot enough to stir and melt the chocolate. Add orange extract to taste. Let cool 10-15 minutes minumum, then ice the cookies. Allow plenty of time for chocolate to set before storing.
  7. Icing
  8. Mix all icing ingredients well until smooth. Frost cookies. Icing will set after an hour or so.
Recipe by Messin' With Perfection at https://www.messinwithperfection.com/chewy-orange-cookies-with-dark-chocolate-orange-ganache/