Title: Chocolate-Dipped Orange Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings
3/4 c All-purpose flour
2 tb Cornstarch
1/8 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Unsalted butter; softened
1/3 c Confectioners' sugar
1 lg Egg; separated
=the white at room temp
2 tb Freshly grated orange zest
1/4 ts Vanilla
1 tb Fresh orange juice
Granulated sugar
For sprinkling cookies
2 oz Bittersweet chocolate
Or semisweet chocolate
Melted and cooked slightly
Into a large bowl sift together the flour, the cornstarch, the baking
powder and a pinch of salt. In a bowl with an electric mixer cream together
the butter and the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is light and
fluffy, beat in the yolk, the zest, the vanilla, and the orange juice, and
stir in the flour mixture well. In a bowl beat the white until it forms
soft peaks and fold it gently but thoroughly into the mixture. (The batter
will have the consistency of soft dough.) Transfer the batter to a pastry
bag fitted with a decorative ribbon tip and onto the buttered baking sheet
pipe 1 1/2-inch lengths 1 inch apart. Sprinkle the lengths with the
granulated sugar and bake the cookies in the middle of a preheated 350F.
oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are golden. Transfer the
cookies to racks and let them cool until they can be handled. Dip 1 end of
each cookie into the chocolate and let the cookies dry completely on the
racks. Makes about 36 cookies. Gourmet January 1990
