Chocolate-orange-chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350º.
• 2 beat 1 cup sugar, butter, 1 tablespoon grated orange peel and the egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon.
• 3 stir in flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• 4 stir in pecans and chocolate morsels.
• 5 shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls.
• 6 mix 1/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon grated orange peel.
• 7 roll balls in sugar mixture.
• 8 place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 9 flatten to about 1/2-inch thickness with bottom of glass.
• 10 bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set.
• 11 cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet.
• 12 cool on wire rack.