Yields:20 cookies
1 cup All purpose Flour
2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 cup Sugar
Zest of 1 Orange
1 stick Butter
2 tablespoons Orange juice
1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
PROCEDURE:
1. Preheat the oven to 350F for 10 mins.
2. Dry ingredients mixture:
Mix well flour, cocoa powder and salt.
In a small bowl combine sugar and orange zest. Use your finger to rub the sugar and zest together to release the zest essential oils.
3. Wet ingredients mixture:
Melt the butter, mix orange-sugar. Beat together till soft. Add orange juice and vanilla.
4. Pour flour mixture to wet ingredients mixture. Mix well with hand to form dough.
5. Using a rolling pin, form dough into a rectangle and place in between waxed paper. Chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
6. Cut them into equal sizes and place on the baking sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes.
7. Let it cool, before removing from the baking sheet; once you take them out of the oven.
NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Spicy Treats
2. Roll the dough into 1/2 inch thickness. I have made it too thin, so it didn't turn out good.
3. Wet ingredients mixture:
Melt the butter, mix orange-sugar. Beat together till soft. Add orange juice and vanilla.
4. Pour flour mixture to wet ingredients mixture. Mix well with hand to form dough.
5. Using a rolling pin, form dough into a rectangle and place in between waxed paper. Chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
6. Cut them into equal sizes and place on the baking sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes.
7. Let it cool, before removing from the baking sheet; once you take them out of the oven.
NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Spicy Treats
2. Roll the dough into 1/2 inch thickness. I have made it too thin, so it didn't turn out good.
3. Refrigerating dough is very important to avoid the breakage while transferring cookies to baking sheet.
