Orange Chocolate Sandwich cookies

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Soft and crunchy orange flavoured shortbread cookies sandwiched with delectable dark chocolate ganache. Orange chocolate Sandwich cookies are insanely delicious, with a burst of orange flavour accompanied by a satisfying dark chocolate indulgence.

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Getting a baked dessert with an intense orange flavour is easy but also tricky. The easy part is that all you need are fresh oranges to flavour orange desserts. I wouldn’t say I like using artificial orange flavouring in my orange desserts; the end product tastes candy-ish. The tricky part is incorporating the orange flavour into a baked dessert. Should you use pulp, zest or juice? Maybe a mix of all three?

Okay, I should probably stop making baking seem complicated. The bottom line is that you will need the zest of ripe oranges to make these cookies have an intense orange flavour. Not the greenish kind, and no, although tangerines are heavy with juice( which we also don’t need in this recipe), they don’t have enough citrusy aftertaste when baked.

The pulp and juice of oranges can be used in cakes, frostings, puddings, custards or no-bake desserts.

The Orange Cookie Shortbread.

You will need ;

1. Butter
2. All-purpose flour
3. Powdered sugar
4. Zest of oranges

Like most shortbreads, the prominent flavour is the butter or shortening used, so use the best you can find.

I prefer to use powdered sugar when making shortbread since it is easier to mix with the other ingredients and inhibits spreading during baking since it has cornstarch.

The more zest you use, the more orange flavour will be in the cookies. Therefore, you can adjust accordingly.

The Chocolate ganache ( Sandwiching Cream).

You will need:

1. Chopped dark chocolate
2. Heavy cream
3. Butter.

Mix chopped chocolate with heavy cream in a glass bowl and place over a pot of simmering water to completely melt the chocolate. Afterwards, stir in the butter until thoroughly melted and combined.

Refrigerate until thick enough to pipe on a cookie( around 30 minutes). If it’s too stiff when retrieved from the fridge, let it thaw at room temperature until soft enough to pipe.

• The butter makes it silky and shiny.

• Use baking chocolate to make the ganache.

Simplified Orange Shortbread Cookies

Okay, maybe you like the chocolate orange combination but the sandwiching part seems complicated or lengthy. To simplify this

1. Make the shortbreads.
2. Half dip in melted chocolate

Can I use a different kind of chocolate frosting?

You can use any chocolate frosting as long as it’s thick and stiff enough to sandwich the cookies. Here are some ideas

1. Condensed milk buttercream frosting
2. Swiss meringue chocolate flavoured frosting

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1. Strawberry Sandwich cookies
2. Orange Chocolate cupcakes
3. Vanilla butter cookies
4. Chocolate sheet cake