Great British Bake Off Special: Chocolate Orange Cookies

• Total Time: 40 min

Serves: 15

Category: Dessert,Biscuits & Cookies

Ingredients

• 125g dark chocolate
• 150g plain flour
• 30g cocoa powder, sieved
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 125g butter (softened)
• 75g light brown sugar
• 50g caster sugar
• Zest of 1 large orange (finely grated)
• 1 egg (cold)
• 200g white chocolate, cut into chunks (or use chips/buttons)

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 170°C/Gas Mark 3 and line a large baking sheet.
2. Melt the dark chocolate in a microwave in 30-second blasts or over a pan of barely simmering water until melted. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
3. Place the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl and set aside.
4. Cream the butter and sugars together in a bowl until light and fluffy.
5. Add the cooled melted chocolate and beat to combine.
6. Beat in the orange zest and egg, followed by the flour mixture.
7. Once combined, stir in the chocolate chunks.
8. Roll the dough into small or large balls, depending on what size you want your cookies, and place on the baking tray.
9. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of a cookie comes out clean.
10. Once baked, remove from the oven and leave the cookies to cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe credit: BBC Good Food