Chocolate Dipped Orange Spritz Recipes

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in egg, orange juice and zest. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well., Using a cookie press fitted with a bar disk, press long strips of dough onto ungreased baking sheets; cut ends to release from disk. Cut each strip into 3-in. lengths (no need to separate them)., Bake 8-10 minutes or until set (do not brown). Re-cut cookies if necessary. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Place walnuts in a shallow bowl. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with walnuts. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED SPRITZ

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture. , Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating; dip each cookie halfway. Sprinkle with crushed candies. Place on waxed paper until set.

CHOCOLATE DIPPED CANDIED ORANGE AND LEMON ZEST AND CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS

Steps:

• Melt the chopped chocolate in a water bath until it reaches 115 degrees F, stirring until very smooth. Pour 2/3 of the chocolate on to a marble slab or work surface. With a metal spatula, work the chocolate by spreading it back and forth across the work surface for at least 3 minutes until it is thick and on the point of setting. With a scraper, quickly transfer the chocolate from the marble to the reserved chocolate. Reheat the chocolate in the water bath.
• The chocolate needs to reach 84 degrees F before dipping. Using the candy dipping fork, dip some of the pretzels in the milk chocolate. Allow to dry on a piece of wax paper. Follow the same procedure with the candied oranges and lemons. Let the candy set in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED SPRITZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Combine flour, salt and baking soda, gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Using a cookie press, press dough onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes.
• Original recipe says not to let brown but I prefer it when the edges are slightly brown, it makes the bottoms nice and crispy.
• Remove to cooling rack and let cool completely.
• Melt confectionary coating and dip each cookie half way and sprinkle with finely ground nuts or sprinkles.
• I usually do half semi sweet chocolate and half white chocolate and sprinkle with holiday colored non periels.
• Let harden on wax paper.

CHOCOLATE DIPPED ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and splenda until fluffy. Mix in egg and orange zest. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into creamed mixture, alternately with the orange juice. Using a cookie press or pastry bag with a bar disk or tip, pipe cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheets into long strips. Cut each strip into pieces 3-inches long. Don't separate the pieces. 2. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes or until cookie edges turn golden. Cut into pieces again, as needed. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.3. To decorate, melt chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave or a double boiler until smooth. Stir. Dip each end of a cookie into the chocolate mixture and then dunk it in the ground nuts. Place on waxed paper and let stand until chocolate sets.

SPRITZ ORANGE CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream the shortening. Gradually add the sugar and the orange juice. Cream well. Beat in the egg and the orange rind.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture a little at a time. Fill cookie press and form cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED ORANGES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Peel orange into slices and insert lollipop sticks.
• Melt chocolate chips in microwave at 30-second intervals until the chocolate is easy to stir.
• Dip orange slices halfway in chocolate, and then in each topping of your choice.
• If needed, chill oranges in the freezer for 5 minutes to help harden the chocolate.
• *Additional oranges can be used to increase serving size
• Enjoy!

CANDIED ORANGE SLICES DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Cut the oranges in half lengthwise, with the cut side down slice the oranges crosswise into 1/4-inch slices, (you will have 1/2 of a slice of orange:DO-NOT peel),discard the ends.
• In a 10-inch saute pan combine the water and the 3 1/2 cups of sugar, stir to blend, then bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Add the orange slices, separating them, and simmer them gently for 1 hour uncovered; peroidically dunk any floating slices.
• Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Remove the orange slices, with a slotted spoon and transfer to a cooling rack set over a baking sheet to let drain and dry for 24 hours; NOTE; I dryed them in my oven set for for baked goods, or if oven has a pilot light, this worked great if it is a damp day.
• After drying the slices, toss them in the granulated sugar and reserve them, do not stack them as they will stick together.
• While you are coating the orange slices with the sugar, have the chocolate melting slowly in the top of a double boiler over 120 degree water: Chocolate can be melted in the microwave.
• When all the chocolate is melted and creamy and registers 100 degrees on an instant themometer, remove the top section from the double boiler.
• Add the 2-ounce of chocolate and gently stir until the thermometer reads 88 degrees to 91 degree, then remove what remains of the chunk of chocolate.
• Now dip the orange slices 2/3 of the way into the chocalate; gently scrape off excess chocolate against the side of the pan.
• Place the orange slices on a sheet of wax paper to set.
• Work quickly with the slices if the chocolate becomes to thick for dipping, place it over the 120 degree water again until it reaches 88 to 91 degrees.

ORANGE SPRITZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks onupper and lower thirds. On a piece ofparchment paper, pat out dough to 1/2inch thick. Sprinkle zest evenly over top;knead to incorporate.Transfer to a cookiepress; pipe shapes, about 1 inch apart,onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in upper and lower thirdsof oven, switching positions of sheetshalfway through, until edges are lightgolden, about 15 minutes. Transfer towire racks to cool completely.
• Set a small heatproof bowl over a panof simmering water; add half the chocolateto bowl, and stir until melted andsmooth. Add the remaining chocolate;remove bowl from heat. Stir until smooth.Transfer chocolate to a pastry bag fittedwith a very small (less than 1/16 inch) plainround tip, such as Wilton #1.
• Transfer cookies to a sheet of parchmentpaper. Pipe chocolate in a zigzagpattern over tops. Let stand until chocolatehas set.