Chocolate-Dipped Orange Shortbread Hearts

80 minutes Prep: 45 minutes Cook: 15 minutes

571 calories per serving view nutrition facts

1 dozen suggest servings

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Ingredients

1	cup	flour, all-purpose
1	tablespoon	orange zest	freshly grated
3/4	teaspoon	salt
1	stick	butter	unsalted,softened
1	teaspoon	orange juice	fresh
3/4	cup	powdered sugar
2	tablespoons	powdered sugar
6	ounces	chocolate, bittersweet	chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

In a bowl whisk together flour, zest, and salt.

In another bowl with an electric mixer beat butter, juice, and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy and beat in flour mixture until a dough is just formed.

Pat dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, 30 minutes, or until firm.

On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 13- by 12-inch rectangle (about 1/3 inch thick).

Cut out cookies with a 3-1/2 to 4-inch heart-shaped cutter dipped in flour and arrange l inch apart on baking sheets.

Using dough scraps, roll and cut out more cookies in same manner.

Bake shortbread in batches in middle of oven 10 - 15 minutes, or until pale golden, and cool completely on baking sheets on racks.

Carefully transfer cookies to a platter.

In a double boiler or in a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth.

Pour warm chocolate onto a plate and dip in half of top side of each cookie, transferring cookies, chocolate sides up, to a wax-paper-lined tray.

Chill cookies until chocolate is hardened.

Cookies keep chilled, in an airtight container, 4 days.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 121g

Amount per Serving

Calories 571 52% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.0g	50%
Saturated Fat 20.0g	101%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 61mg	20%
Sodium 609mg	25%
Total Carbohydrate 71.0g	24%
Dietary Fiber 3.0g	11%
Sugars 43.0g
Protein 5.0g	10%