Orange Choc Chip Shortbread
Like a chocolate orange in a biscuit
Even though I don’t have a sweet tooth as such, I love Terry’s (dark) chocolate oranges and I love shortbread, so what could possibly be better than the two combined? This, in my opinion, has just enough orange in it – it’s almost scented with it – but I suppose if you wanted a really orangey biscuit you could add some orange flavouring…I don’t think you need it.
Anyways, here’s the recipe:
What you need…
150g butter at room temperature
75g caster sugar
200g plain flour
25g cornflour
(A pinch of salt if you’ve used unsalted butter)
Zest of 1 orange
100g dark chocolate chips or finely chopped dark chocolate
What you do with it…
Preheat the oven to 180C (160C if fan-forced) and line a couple of baking trays with baking parchment
Cream together the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. I use the free-standing mixer for this.
Mix in the orange zest and chocolate chips.
Sift together the flours and add them and a pinch of salt and then mix until it forms a stiff dough.
Tip it onto a floured work surface and gently knead it until smooth – it shouldn’t need too much.
Roll it out until it’s about 1cm thick and use a cookie or scone cutter to cut into your desired shapes. Carefully place each shortbread on your tray, leaving a little space between each biscuit and prick the tops with a fork.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes. The edges should be golden. Let them cool a little in the tray before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
