Orange Zest Chocolate Chip Cookies
Orange chocolate chip cookies, are amazing chewy chocolate chip cookies topped with just a little orange zest at the end for the perfect citrus flavor burst.
Servings: 14
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tsp Morton Kosher salt
- 3/4 cup + 2 TBS sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 TBS molasses
- 8 oz 1/2 cup, or 1 stick butter, cut into cubes
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cup pastry flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp chocolate extract (optional - I left it out)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips
For the garnish:
- Sugar in the raw
- Morton Coarse Sea Salt
- Orange Zest
Instructions
- In a stand mixer cream together the salt, both sugars, butter, and molasses.
- Cream on high until the butter is light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl frequently.
- Add the eggs one at a time on medium speed.
- Add the extracts.
- Sift together the flours and baking soda, add on low speed. Mix until just incorporated.
- Add the chocolate chips.
- Heat oven to 300F.
- Place dough in large balls on a baking pan with plenty of room for them to spread. (Instead of 12 cookies on a sheet I did 6, the dough balls were about twice as big as normal)
- Flatten to ½”
- Bake for 15-17 minutes until the edges start to turn golden.**
- Allow to cool for about 2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to let cool completely.
Notes
**For crispy cookies bake for an additional 5 minutes.