Orange Cream Chips
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 6 Categories:
Chocolate
/
Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 2 1/2
c
Flour 1/2
ts
Salt 1
c
Shortening 1
c
Sugar 3
oz
Cream cheese,
softened
2
Eggs 2
ts
Orange juice 1
t
Orange rind,
grated
6
oz
Semisweet chocolate pieces
-----ORANGE ICING----- 2
c
Confectioner's sugar,
sifted
3
oz
Cream cheese,
softened
1
t
Orange juice 1
t
Orange rind
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
Sift flour and salt onto wax paper.
Beat shortening, sugar, and cream cheese in bowl until mixed. Beat in
eggs, one at a time. Add juice and rind. Blend in flour mixture.
Stir in chocolate.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on prepared sheets.
Bake in 350 oven for 12 minutes, or until lightly browned around
edges. Cool on rack.
Prepare icing: Gradually beat sugar into cheese until well blended;
stir in juice and rind.
Spread cookie tops with icing, garnishing with thin strips of orange
rind if desired.
Eleanor Hummel, Lavelle, PA - Family Circle 10/25/83
MM format by Dave Sacerdote
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