Recipe - Orange Chocolate Chunk Cookies

2 One half cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Grated orange peel (1 med
orange worth)
1 cup White sugar
One half cup Light brown sugar, packed
1 cup Salted butter, softened
2 lg Eggs
1 teaspoon Pure orange extract
1 One half cup (8oz) semisweet chocolate
bar, coarsely chopped

Preheat oven to 300F. In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and
orange peel. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside. In a large bowl,
blend sugars with electric mixer at medium speed. Add butter and beat to
form a grainy paste, scraping sides of bowl if needed. Add eggs and orange
extract, and bet at memdium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour
mixture and chopped chocolate. Blend at low speed just until combined. Do
not overmix. Drop by rounded tbsps onto an ungreased cookie sheets, 11/2
inch apart. Bake for 2224 minutes until cookies are slightly brown along
edges. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula.
Makes 3 dozen.

Origin: Cookbook Digest, Mar/Apr 93. Shared by: Sharon Stevens.

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