Orangen-Schokoplatzchen (Orange-Chocolate Cookies)

Ingredients

• 100 g semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 125 g butter or margarine
• 125 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 orange rind, shredded
• 200 g flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 g icing sugar
• 2 teaspoons orange juice

Directions

1. 1

   Grate chocolate.

2. 2

   Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Add egg and shredded orange peel.

3. 3

   Sift flour and baking powder, and add to creamed mixture along with the grated chocolate.

4. 4

   You may knead the dough together by hand.

5. 5

   Form into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate 2 hours.

6. 6

   Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

7. 7

   Roll out dough to 5mm thickness, and cut with cookie cutters of desired shape.

8. 8

   Transfer cookies to cookie sheets and bake 8 to 10 minutes.

9. 9

   Remove from sheets to a rack to cool.

10. 10

    Sift icing sugar. Stir in enough orange juice to make a glaze.

11. 11

    Glaze the bottom of each cooled cookie.