Orange Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookie

 

A soft gingerbread cookie infused with orange and filled with chocolate chips. It’s a drop cookie, so much easier to prepare and makes the kitchen smell wonderful while baking. 🙂

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 egg, large
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 1/2 teaspoons milk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Line cookie sheets with parchment
2. Beat together butter, sugar and zest until fluffy.
3. Add egg; mix until well combined.
4. Stir in molasses and milk.
5. Add flour, baking soda, salt and spices and stir well until a thick, smooth batter forms.
6. Stir in chocolate chips and drop dough by rounded teaspoonsful onto greased baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
7. Bake for 10 minutes, or until bottoms are very lightly browned – do not overbake.
8. Cool for 2 minutes on pans before removing to racks to cool completely.

Makes 24 -27 cookies