Orangy Chocolate Chippy Cookie

Orangy Chocolate Chippy

One of my first cookie hacks was to add the zest from an orange to the mix before I baked them. I’m not sure why I did it other than I was eating an orange while I was making the cookies and just thought - hey, what about zest? I have a pretty basic grater, so just threw it in, along with some juice.

The orange flavor adds so much to the cookie and reminded me that when I go to the store, I usually see chocolate bars with orange. What would a cookie be like with other citrus zet? Lemon? Lime? Grapefruit? Does grapefruit zest have a strong grapefruit flavor? Hmm, gotta try that.

Orangy Chocolae Chippy Cookie

1 cup Tillamook butter  (salted)
3/4 cup organic brown sugar
3/4 cup organic sugar
2 large white eggs  (Stebbs Farms Cage Free veggie diet)

2 1/4 cups flour (I used normal unbleached flour from Gold brand)
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp organic vanilla extract
1 bag Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Chocolate Chips
2 tbsp zest from Valencia orange.

Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.  Add eggs and beat.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well.  Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.  Drop onto cookie sheet the size of a spoonful.  Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.