Name: Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened -; 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened -; 1 cup sugar -; 1/2 teaspoon salt -; 2 tablespoons grated orange zest -; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract -; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour -; 1 cup finely chopped blanched almonds -; Glaze: -; 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped -; 3 tablespoons butter -; 1/4 cup finely chopped blanched almonds -

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40 min.

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Ingredients for - Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies

1. 1 cup butter, softened -

2. 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened -

3. 1 cup sugar -

4. 1/2 teaspoon salt -

5. 2 tablespoons grated orange zest -

6. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract -

7. 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour -

8. 1 cup finely chopped blanched almonds -

9. Glaze: -

10. 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped -

11. 3 tablespoons butter -

12. 1/4 cup finely chopped blanched almonds -

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar and salt until blended. Beat in orange zest and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in almonds.

2. Stage

Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of a glass dipped in sugar.

3. Stage

Bake until firm, 20-25 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

4. Stage

For glaze, in a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with almonds. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.