Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Serves: 12 cookies
 
Guaranteed to make your home smell and taste like the holidays, these orange chocolate chip cookies put a delicious cinnamon and winter citrus twist on a classic treat everyone will beg you to bake every year!
Ingredients
  • 1½ c AP flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt, a little more to taste is ok!
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ c butter, softened
  • ½ c brown sugar
  • ¼ c white sugar
  • zest of one orange
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 2 Tbs freshly squeeze orange juice
  • 1 c semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or a reusable baking mat.
  2. Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a small/medium bowl and set aside.
  3. In an electric stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream together butter, both sugars , and orange zest by beating with the whisk attachment on medium-high to high until light, fluffy, and fully combined.
  4. Add one egg and mix on medium until just combined.
  5. Add in vanilla and orange juice mixing again until just combined.
  6. Slowly add the flour mixture in stirring with the paddle attachment or by hand with a wooden spoon or spatula carefully not to over-mix.
  7. Add in chocolate chips. If possible, let dough rest for an hour or a few, or bake immediately.
  8. Spoon cookie dough (should be less than ¼ c of dough) and roll into a ball before placing on cookie sheet or use a 1½ oz cooke dough scoop. Repeat with remaining dough with 6 cookies on each sheet to allow room to spread and cook.
  9. Bake for 10-12 minutes and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Recipe by Chez Lem at http://chezlem.com/2016/12/21/orange-chocolate-chip-cookies/