Chocolate Dipped Orange Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 large egg, separated, the at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
• granulated sugar, for sprinkling the cookies
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

Recipe

• 1 into a large bowl sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and pinch of salt
• 2 in a bowl with an electric mixer cream together the butter and powdered sugar until the the mixture is light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in the yolk, the zest, vanilla and the orange juice and stir in the flour mixture well.
• 4 in a bowl beat the until it forms soft peaks and fold it gently but thoroughly into the mixture (the batter will have the consistency of soft dough).
• 5 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.
• 6 sprinkle the lengths with the granulated sugar and bake the cookies in the middle of a preheated 350° oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden.
• 7 transfer the cookies to racks and let them cool until they can be handled.
• 8 dip one end of each cookie into the chocolate and let the cookies dry completely on the racks.