Marry chocolate and orange flavors in a buttery shortbread cookie.
Chocolate and Orange Pecan Shortbread
- Prep Time 1 hr 30 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 3 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Beat in orange peel, vanilla and orange extract. On low speed, beat in flour and salt. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.
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Step2Divide dough in half; shape into 2 flat disks. Wrap 1 disk in plastic wrap.
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Step3On floured surface, roll unwrapped dough about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 2 1/2-inch circles with plain or fluted cookie cutter (or cut into desired shapes). On ungreased cookie sheet, place cookies about 1 inch apart. Repeat with second disk.
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Step4Bake 15 to 19 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
Nutrition
290
Calories
19g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 290
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 29%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 45%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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