White Chocolate Orange Cookies

I'm a cookie girl.

If there is a table full of goodies-- cupcakes, brownies, cookies, candy, and whatever else someone can dream up-- I'll go cookie every time.  Probably several times.

Cookies are the perfect treat.  They don't require a fork or even a plate.  Definitely no napkin if you eat them right.  You can eat 3-4 cookies and no big deal.  Eat 3-4 cupcakes and what are you, some kind of pig??  Geez, Oinky.

So today I share with you one of my favorite cookie recipes.  It's like eating an orange roll in cookie form...with a little white chocolate thrown in.  Deeeeelish.  And borderline fancy.  People will be impressed, is what I'm saying.

Click HERE to download the PDF of this recipe if you wanna.

White Chocolate Orange Cookies
[makes 3 dozen]

1 C. butter (not margarine, never margarine)

½ C. white sugar

½ C. brown sugar

1 egg

2 ¼ C. flour

¾ t. baking soda

½ t. salt

2 T. grated orange peel*

2 C. white chocolate chips

Mix butter & sugars until creamy.  Beat in egg.  Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix in.  When you have a good dough consistency, add the orange peel and the white chocolate.  Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.  Cool on wire racks.   

*I would be remiss if I didn't say thank you to my Pampered Chef microplane tool here.  It makes grating orange peel a joy.  An honest-to-goodness joy.  And no, I don't sell the stuff but I do believe in praising a good product when I find one. So next time your sister-in-law is hosting a PC party and you can't figure out what to get to support her & help her get some free stuff, pick one of these bad boys up.  

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