Orange Chocolate Chunk Cookies

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Orange Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings

2 1/2 c Flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Grated orange peel
1 c White sugar
1/2 c Light brown sugar; packed
1 c Salted butter; softened
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Pure orange extract
8 oz Semisweet chocolate bar
Coarsely chopped

Recipe by: Cookbook Digest
Preheat oven to 300F. In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and
orange peel. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside. In a large bowl,
blend sugars with electric mixer at medium speed. Add butter and beat to
form a grainy paste, scraping sides of bowl if needed. Add eggs and orange
extract, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour
mixture and chopped chocolate. Blend at low speed just until combined. Do
notovermix. Drop by rounded tbsps onto an ungreased cookie sheets, 1-1/2
inch apart. Bake for 22-24 minutes until cookies are slightly brown along
edges. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula. Makes
3 dozen.

-----