Chocolate orange shortbread cookies

original blog post; https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/chocolate-orange-shortbread-cookies.html

Ingredients

2 sticks cold salted butter

½ cup white sugar

¼ teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon Orange zest

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon unsweetened Coco powder or cacao

2 ¼ cup flour

Sugary zest

1 tablespoon orange zest

2 tablespoon sugar

Optional chocolate dip

3 oz melted milk chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees
• Cut the butter into small cubes
• In a bowl mix together, the flour and coco powder
• In another bowl add the butter, sugar, orange zest, salt and vanilla
• Using a wooden spoon or a mixer mix together until incorporated
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and using your hands press together until it starts to combine and starts to stick
• Pour unto a clean work surface and knead together forming it into a rectangular shape
• Using a rolling pin roll into about a ¼ inch thickness making sure the keep the edges neat
• Cut into equal sized cookies, place each cookie carefully on a lined baking sheet
• Combine the orange zest and sugar, sprinkle the top of each cookie with a little sugary zest
• Using a fork poke a few rows of holes about 4 to 5 evenly spaced rows
• Place in the oven and bake for 50 to 60 minutes
• Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to completely cool
• Melt the chocolate
• Dip the cookies in the melted chocolate and put on a wire rack to drain and cool