I only made two small deviations from the recipe this month. I scooped the cookie dough onto the baking sheet using a 'smallish' ice cream scoop, leaving them in full mound form and letting them flatten themselves while cooking. Really the only reason I did this was after reading some of the Sweet and Simple gang had problems with how much the cookies spread. This seem to work pretty well, they still spread quite a bit though.
And the only other change was to drizzle melted white chocolate over the top of the cookies once they had cooled and the crowning glory - an orange jelly slice on top! In for a penny in for a pound!
White Chocolate and Orange Cookies
115g unsalted butter, softened
200g caster sugar
1 egg
Grated zest of 1 orange (2 to 3 tsp)
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp salt
225g white chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 190C/fan 170C.
Beat the butter and sugar. Add the egg, orange zest and vanilla extract. Sift together the dry ingredients.
Stir the dry ingredients and chocolate chips into the butter mixture and combine.
Use a small ice cream scoop to place mounds of dough on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper, or alternatively roll into balls and place onto the trays, then flatten with your fingers. Make sure they are well spaced! Bake for 8-10 mins. Cool for 5 mins and transfer to a cooling rack.
When cool, store in an airtight container for up to 4-5 days.
Makes 2 dozen
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Hubby really likes these and i have to admit if I was going to eat a chocolate and orange combo then it would be in this form!
Head over to the Sweet and Simple Bakes blog tomorrow to see every body's masterpieces!
Very pretty - I think you should have a tea party to show them off.
ReplyDeleteOoooooooooh - that sounds tempting! Wanna come?
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Those look delicious Chele!!! I will have to try these out myself. White chocolate and orange sound like the perfect combination to me!
ReplyDeleteCookies turned out gorgeous, love the melted white chocolate drizzle!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking part and hope you will join us in our next bake.
Maria
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Lovely and delicious cookies... white chocolate drizzle on the cookies is even more tempting.
ReplyDeleteHey Chele,
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I bet those didn't last long.
Rosie of BooksAndBakes
Your cookies look delicious. I scooped mine too, I like a uniform cookie! well done :)
ReplyDeleteI love your drizzle on top of the cookies.. Delicious, enuf said.. hehe.. :)
ReplyDeletegorgeous cookies here,yeah a tea party sounds great but u'll need to bake a few more gorgeous batches
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Lovely drizzle, they good smashing. Great Blog
ReplyDeleteLucie x
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Love the drizzle. This was a really good recipe.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know I'm not alone Chele! Except, now I feel like I've been converted! Still not sure I could eat Terry's Chocolate Orange, but I am definitely going to try your white choc icing and orange jelly decoration! :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic! The white chocolate icing and orange jelly makes them really a gourmet cookie.
ReplyDeleteWow! The drizzle is like the cherry on the cake...awesome!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cookies! The icing is such a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteChele - now your talking. A trip up to Bonnie Scotland for a scrumptious tea - who could resist.
ReplyDeletePretty cookies, but I wouldn't be able to handle the icing myself!
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