Orange Milano Cookies

 

Homemade {CopyCat} Orange Milano Cookies delicious vanilla cookies amongst a nighttime chocolate oculus flavored amongst orangish zest

Pepperidge Farms has produced roughly pretty awesome cookies over the years.  Milano’s, Brussels, Pirouettes too Chessman are only a few of my personal favorites.  If I’m going to purchase cookies, I would purchase Pepperidge Farms.   But to last honest … nosotros don’t purchase many sweets specially since I know someone who does a dessert heavy blog.   For to a greater extent than than a yr I’ve had Milano’s on my listing of ‘must-try’ desserts.  We’re having a few household unit of measurement members to dinner this calendar week too these Orange Milano Cookies volition last a simple, sweetness cease to our meal.  Who tin terminate resist a light, vanilla flavored cookie amongst a nighttime chocolate middle sprinkled amongst fresh orangish zest?  Not me!

I marked 2 sheets of parchment newspaper amongst 3 rows of lines 2 inches wide, too 1 inch apart, too thence plow the newspaper over to pipage out the cookie dough.  I would convey 50 dissimilar sized cookies if I did this without a template!

 

This recipe makes most lx sandwich cookies, or 120 private cookies a/k/a – “a bunch!”  Match upwards cookie halves inwards pairs of like sort too size.

 

Melt nighttime chocolate chips over a double boiler, stirring oft until smooth.  Set the chocolate aside for most 10 minutes.

 

Spoon the melted, slightly cooled chocolate onto i cookie half, too thence sprinkle amongst a pinch of orangish zest.  Gently press the other one-half on exceed too assault a rack until the chocolate is set.

The cookie itself is real uncomplicated to make.  The hardest role is spreading chocolate on lx cookies which is a piffling fourth dimension consuming but slowly i time y'all larn into a rhythm.

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Homemade Orange Milano Cookies

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Copycat recipe for a delicious twist on classic Milanos

Course:

Cookie, Dessert

Servings: 60 cookies

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  2 1/2
  cups
  unbleached all-purpose flour
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  salt
  


• 
  1
  cup
  unsalted butter,
  room temperature
  


• 
  1 1/3
  cups
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  2
  whole eggs
  


• 
  1
  egg white
  


• 
  2
  teaspoons
  vanilla extract
  


• 
  10
  ounces
  dark chocolate chips
  


• 
  zest of i orange,
  placed on a newspaper towel lined plate
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
   
   


2. 
   
   In a medium bowl combine the flour too salt. Set aside.
   
   


3. 
   
   In a large mixing bowl combine the butter too saccharide too beat out amongst a mixer until low-cal too creamy. Add the whole eggs, egg white too vanilla. Beat on medium-high until low-cal too fluffy. Gradually add together the flour mixture too beat out on depression until combined.
   
   


4. 
   
   Prepare 2 sheets of parchment newspaper marked on the dorsum amongst 3 rows of lines 2 inches wide, too 1 inch apart, too thence plow the newspaper over too identify it on a baking sheet. Scoop the batter into a pastry handbag or large Ziploc handbag amongst a 1/2-inch hole cutting at the end. Pipe the batter into 2-inch long strips most 3/4 inch broad too 1 inch apart.
   
   


5. 
   
   Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Remove from the oven too residual the cookies on the baking canvass for five minutes earlier transferring to a wire rack to cool.
   
   


6. 
   
   Match upwards the cookie halves inwards pairs of like sort too size.
   
   


7. 
   
   Place the nighttime chocolate chips over a double boiler until melted too smooth. Remove from the oestrus too cool for most 10 minutes.
   
   


8. 
   
   Spoon the melted chocolate onto i cookie one-half too sprinkle amongst a pinch of orangish zest. Gently press the other one-half on exceed too assault a rack until the chocolate is set. Repeat amongst the remaining cookies. Store inwards an airtight container.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from Food52 posted past times Carey Nershi

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