These chocolate orange shortbread cookies melt in your mouth and are made with only a few simple ingredients. They are infused with orange flavor, then drizzled with melted dark chocolate and sprinkled with more orange zest. They make a delicious holiday cookie everyone will love!
1tbsp(½)orange zest, plus 1/2 tbsp more for garnish
1cup(120g)all purpose flour
⅓cup(28.67g)unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2teaspoon(0.25teaspoon)kosher salt
4ounces(113.4g)dark chocolate, melted, for drizzling over baked cookies
Instructions
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add the 1/2 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar, and 1 tbsp orange zest, and beat on low-medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
Add the 1 cup flour, 1/3 cocoa powder, and 1/2 tsp salt, and mix until a dough forms about 1 minute. Shape the dough into a disk and wrap in parchment paper. Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Prepare 2 sheet trays with parchment paper and preheat your oven to 325° F.
Roll out the chilled dough into ¼’’ thickness between 2 pieces of parchment paper and using a 2-3 inch cookie cutter, cut out the cookies.
Place the cookies on the sheet tray and bake for 11-12 minutes. If the cookies are hard to peel off, chill them for a few more minutes before transferring to the baking sheet.
Cool the cookies. Melt the 4 oz dark chocolate in a small microwaveable bowl, about 30 seconds at a time until fully melted. Drizzle on the cookies and sprinkle with more orange zest.