Orange Chocolate chip cookies

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Orange Chocolate chip cookies, based on “Vanilla & Chocolate Rocks” from the King Arthur Flour website.

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

3/4 cup white sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 tesp vanilla extract

1 tesp orange extract

2 Tbl candied orange peel

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 tesp baking powder

1/2 tesp salt

2-4 bars of Lindt's Excellence Intense Orange chocolate bars

Preheat oven to 400F. Line baking sheets with parchment. Prepare cooling racks.

Chop the candy bars into small (chip-sized) pieces with a heavy knife.

In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter. Add sugar and microwave for another 30 seconds or until the mixture is hot and syrupy. Cool slightly and pour into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the egg, extracts and candied orange peel (chopped if necessary) and mix thoroughly. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, and baking powder. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix gently. Add the chopped chocolate and mix just to combine.

Roll 1 Tbl of dough at a time into a roundish-shapes and place 2 inches apart on prepared cooky sheets. Bake in middle rack of oven about 9 minutes. If your oven has hotspots, rotate at the 4 minute mark. If using two baking sheets in one oven, trade places from top to bottom at the 4 minute mark.

When done, cool cookies on pans then remove gently from baking sheets, or place entire sheet of parchment on cooling racks.

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