Dark chocolate, orange peel and toasted almonds take simple sugar cookie dough to a sophisticated place in these dressed-up slice-and-bake cookies. Their vibrant flavor and edges coated in sparkling sugar will make them the star of your cookie tray.
Orange-Chocolate Slice-and-Bake Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 4 hr 30 min
- Servings 32
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- Butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch for drop cookies
- 3/4 cup 70% cacao bittersweet chocolate chunks
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped slivered almonds, toasted
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped orange peel
- 1/4 cup coarse sparkling white sugar
Instructions
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Step1Make dough as directed on pouch for drop cookies. Stir in chocolate chunks, almonds and orange peel.
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Step2Divide dough in half; shape each half into a roll, 8 inches long and 2 inches in diameter. Roll in sugar. Wrap dough logs tightly with plastic. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until very firm.
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Step3Heat oven to 375°F. Unwrap 1 of the dough logs; cut into 1/2-inch slices. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets, reshaping if necessary. Repeat with remaining dough log.
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Step4Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours or until chocolate is set. Store covered in airtight container.
Nutrition
130
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 16%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 70mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 50mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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