Orange and Ginger Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

Orange and Ginger Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle is a gluten free and fodmap friendly recipe with 36 servings. One serving contains 88 calories, 0g of protein, and 5g of fat. For 16 cents per serving, this recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 89 people have made this recipe and would make it again. If you have salt, candied ginger, orange extract, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 29 minutes. It works well as a dessert. It is brought to you by A Family Feast . Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 2%, which is improvable. Coconut Ginger Macaroons With Chocolate Drizzle, Coconut-Ginger Popcorn Truffles with Chocolate Drizzle, and Orange & chocolate drizzle tart are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 36

Preparation duration: 75 minutes

Cooking duration: 14 minutes

 

Ingredients:

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ cup very finely chopped candied ginger

1 large egg

1 cup packed light brown sugar

½ teaspoon pure orange extract

¾ teaspoon salt

¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

¾ cup unsalted butter (1½ sticks), softened

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Equipment:

stand mixer

bowl

baking paper

cookie cutter

baking sheet

plastic wrap

oven

wire rack

microwave

pastry bag

Cooking instruction summary:

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, and stir to combine. Set aside.In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes. Add diced ginger and beat for another 2 minutes. Add egg, vanilla and orange extracts and mix well. Then add flour mixture and beat on medium-low speed just until the dough comes together.Divide the dough in half and form each half into flat disks, each about 1-inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerator for at least one hour or up to 3 days.When ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter, cut dough out into 2-inch circles (you can gather the scraps and re-roll out to make more cookie rounds). Place the rounds approximately inch apart on the lined cookie sheets, then refrigerate for 10 minutes before baking. After the rounds (on the cookie sheet) have chilled for 10 minutes, bake for 12 to 14 minutes. (If baking more than one cookie sheet at time, rotate the sheets halfway through the baking time.) Remove from the oven when done and slide the parchment paper with the cookies still on it to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.Once cookies have cooled completely, remove them from the parchment paper and place them onto a wire rack in preparation for the drizzlePlace chocolate chips and orange extract in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir to begin to melt the chocolate chips and keep microwaving in 30 second increments until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth and the extract is fully combined.Pour the melted chocolate into a small pastry bag fitted with a small piping tip (be careful, the chocolate will be quite warm!). Drizzle each cookie with the chocolate in a striped pattern and allow to harden completely before serving.

 

Step by step:


1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, and stir to combine. Set aside.In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.

2. Add diced ginger and beat for another 2 minutes.

3. Add egg, vanilla and orange extracts and mix well. Then add flour mixture and beat on medium-low speed just until the dough comes together.Divide the dough in half and form each half into flat disks, each about 1-inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerator for at least one hour or up to 3 days.When ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter, cut dough out into 2-inch circles (you can gather the scraps and re-roll out to make more cookie rounds).

4. Place the rounds approximately inch apart on the lined cookie sheets, then refrigerate for 10 minutes before baking. After the rounds (on the cookie sheet) have chilled for 10 minutes, bake for 12 to 14 minutes. (If baking more than one cookie sheet at time, rotate the sheets halfway through the baking time.)

5. Remove from the oven when done and slide the parchment paper with the cookies still on it to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.Once cookies have cooled completely, remove them from the parchment paper and place them onto a wire rack in preparation for the drizzle

6. Place chocolate chips and orange extract in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir to begin to melt the chocolate chips and keep microwaving in 30 second increments until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth and the extract is fully combined.

7. Pour the melted chocolate into a small pastry bag fitted with a small piping tip (be careful, the chocolate will be quite warm!).

8. Drizzle each cookie with the chocolate in a striped pattern and allow to harden completely before serving.


Nutrition Information:

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88k Calories
0.45g Protein
5g Total Fat
9g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
88k
4%

Fat
5g
8%

  Saturated Fat
3g
21%

Carbohydrates
9g
3%

  Sugar
8g
10%

Cholesterol
15mg
5%

Sodium
53mg
2%

Caffeine
3mg
1%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
0.45g
1%

Manganese
0.06mg
3%

Copper
0.05mg
3%

Vitamin A
127IU
3%

Magnesium
7mg
2%

Phosphorus
17mg
2%

Iron
0.31mg
2%

Selenium
0.86µg
1%

Fiber
0.3g
1%

Calcium
11mg
1%

Potassium
38mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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