Chocolate Orange Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Mix the cocoa, 200g caster sugar and oil together with most of the orange zest. Whisk in the eggs one at a time, until fully combined.
• Stir the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt together in a separate bowl, then add to the cocoa mixture and mix until you form a soft dough. If the dough feels very soft, transfer it to the fridge and chill for 1 hr.
• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and line a baking tray with baking parchment. Tip the remaining caster sugar into a small bowl. Add a drop of food colouring and stir it through the sugar until it's all coloured - add more if you want a stronger colour. Stir in the icing sugar until all of the sugar is coloured, then stir in the remaining orange zest.
• Form a heaped teaspoon of the dough into a ball, then roll in the sugar to coat, you might have to press the sugar on, particularly if you've chilled the dough. If the sugar is not sticking well, roll the balls of dough between your hands until the mixture warms up a little. Repeat with the remaining dough, then put, evenly spaced, on the baking tray.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 mins - they will crinkle as they cook. The biscuits will firm up as they cool so don't overcook them. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool. Will keep for four days in a biscuit tin.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In large bowl, mix Bisquick mix and orange peel. Add milk; stir until just incorporated. Gently stir in chocolate chunks. Drop dough by spoonfuls on cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Cool on cooling rack.
• In small bowl, beat powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of the orange juice with whisk. Add additional orange juice as needed until thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over cooled biscuits. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Beat the butter with an electric whisk until it is light and fluffy, then beat in the icing sugar a little at a time, adding the orange zest and 1 tbsp orange juice. Beat in the flour and cocoa a little at a time, then mix in the chocolate and orange peel and 1-2 tbsp milk.
• Divide the mixture into two, pat each into a rough log shape on a piece of non-stick wrap or baking parchment, then use the wrap to help you shape each piece into a log around 15cm long. Chill until firm, about 2 hrs (see tip, below).
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line two baking sheets. Cut ½cm-thick cookies from the dough and lay them on the baking sheets, leaving space so they can puff up and spread. Put a piece of sugared candied orange on top of each. Bake for 10-15 mins or until the cookies are puffed. Cool on the sheets for a couple of mins before sliding them onto a wire rack. Will keep for two to three days in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3 and line a large baking sheet. Melt the dark chocolate in a microwave in 30 second blasts or over a pan of barely simmering water until melted. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
• Place the flour, cocoa, bi carb and salt into a bowl and set aside. Cream the butter and sugars together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the cooled melted chocolate and beat to combine.
• Beat in the orange zest and egg, followed by the flour mixture. Once combined stir in the chocolate chunks.
• Roll the dough into small or large balls, depending on what size you want your cookies, and place on the baking tray. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of a cookie comes out clean.
• Once baked, remove from the oven and leave the cookies to cool on the tray for 5-10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool.