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Sugar Crusted Meltaway Cookies

Recipe courtesy of A friend of mine, Peg Korom. She brought these delicious, moist cookies to work – they were such a hit! Everyone wanted the recipe which had been printed in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Cookbook (1984), Bake-Off contest. It had also been Posted on justapinchrecipes.com in December, 2010.

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter or margarine softened
  • 1 Tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup finely chopped nuts
  • granulated sugar for rolling cookies

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 325 degrees
  • In small bowl combine orange peel and orange juice; set aside.
  • In large bowl cream 1/4 cup sugar, salt, butter, water and vanilla.
  • Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour, chocolate chips and nuts; mix well.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until firm to touch. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely.
  • Strain orange juice mixture. Dip cookies in orange juice; roll in sugar. Allow to dry to form sugar shell.

Notes

A variation to this recipe is to add 1 tablespoon of orange liqueur or triple sec to the orange juice. I also use mini-chocolate chips.