Easy Orange Chocolate Slice and Bake Cookies
Ingredients
Dough
- 100 g dark chocolate
- 200 g all-purpose flour
- 120 g sugar
- 50 g cornstarch
- a pinch of salt
- 1 orange
- 1 medium egg
- 130 g cold butter
For dusting and glaze
- 100 g powdered sugar
- all-purpose flour, for dusting
Preparation
Finely chop the chocolate and set aside. Mix flour, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a mixing bowl. Wash the orange with hot water, pat dry, and finely grate the zest. Halve the orange and squeeze the juice.
Add the orange zest, 2 tablespoons of juice, egg, and cold butter pieces to the flour mixture and knead with your hands until a dough forms. Knead in the chopped chocolate. Divide the dough in half and shape each portion into a log about 4 cm in diameter. Flatten the logs slightly with the palm of your hand and wrap in plastic wrap. Freeze for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) conventional or 160°C (320°F) convection. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Remove the first dough log from the freezer and slice into thin rounds about 0.5 cm thick.
Place the cookie rounds cut-side up on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes. Slice and bake the second log similarly.
Whisk the remaining orange juice with powdered sugar to make a thick glaze. Drizzle or dip the cooled cookies in the glaze.
Storage
Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 weeks.
