Chocolate Orange Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate Orange Shortbread Sandwich Cookies. Buttery chocolate shortbread cookies sandwiched together with a simple but decadent chocolate orange filling. Perfectly scrumptious to serve at an elegant afternoon tea.

Chocolate Orange Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Yes, I know… another chocolate orange recipe… but I can’t help it, it’s one of my absolute favourite flavour combinations.

I guess because of its connotation with the Terry’s Chocolate Orange it just feels Christmas-y to me and when it comes time to start planning holiday baking ideas, I always try to think of a new way to feature a now classic flavour combo.

This year, we are featuring several new shortbread ideas so a buttery, chocolate shortbread was on my list. These cookies are really delicious all on their own or with chocolate chips or toasted nuts mixed in but the luscious chocolate orange filling takes them up another notch.

I like dark chocolate chips in this recipe but use whichever you prefer.

During the Holidays, why not use the zest for seasonal citrus choices, like tangerines or clementines, for an even more festive nod to the season.

Use seasonal citrus like these clementines, when they are in season.

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Yield: 18 servings

Chocolate Orange Shortbread Sandwich Cookies

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 37 minutes

Chocolate Orange Shortbread Sandwich Cookies - Buttery chocolate shortbread cookies sandwiched together with a simple but decadent chocolate orange filling. Perfectly scrumptious to serve at an elegant afternoon tea.

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups plus 2 tbsp all purpose sifted flour
• 1/2 cup sifted cocoa
• 1/4 tsp fine salt

FOR THE GANACHE FILING

• 1 cup dark chocolate chips, or semisweet
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• Zest of one small orange, finely minced

Instructions

1. Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla very well.
2. Sift together the cocoa, flour and salt.
3. Work the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until a dough forms.
4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for one hour in the fridge.
5. Roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thick or a little thicker (3-4 mm).
6. Cut out cookies with a small,1 1/2 inch (4 cm) cookie cutter.
7. Bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 12-13 minutes.
8. Let the cookies cool completely before sandwiching them together with a little of the chocolate orange ganache.

TO MAKE THE GANACHE FILLING, scald the whipping cream to almost boiling.

1. Pour the scalded cream over the chocolate chips in a double boiler and stir only until the chocolate has melted.
2. Stir in the finely minced orange zest.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

18

Serving Size

18 servings
Amount Per Serving Calories 255Total Fat 20gSaturated Fat 12gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 45mgSodium 159mgCarbohydrates 19gFiber 1gSugar 16gProtein 1g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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