Biscotti all'Arancio- Yummy Orange Chocolate Cookies

The secret to the cookie's lightness is not to use too much flour and to freeze the dough before forming the cookies. They are delicious and smell amazing! Lets see how long they last at your house.

Ingredients

For the dough

• 8 oz or 2 sticks (220 gr) unsalted butter
• 3 1/2 oz (100 gr) sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 1/2 cups (350 gr) cake flour, sifted
  
  For the filling
• 5 tablespoons (100 gr) orange jam
• 1 orange rind grated and juiced
• 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
  
  For the chocolate topping
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 2 1/2 oz (75 gr) sugar
• 3 oz (100 gr) semi-sweet chocolate, diced

Method

1. Add the vanilla, orange extract, grated rind and the egg yolks. Continue mixing until forms smooth dough.
2. In a mixer fitted with a spatula beat together the butter and sugar until soft.
3. Add the flour and mix until fully incorporated.
4. Remove the dough from the mixer.
5. Using a whisk or a spoon drizzle the glaze over the cookies (or pipe the topping with a small pastry bag). Serve soon, possibly the same day they are prepared.
6. Transfer the dough to a plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for about one hour.
7. Preheat oven 325 F (165 C). Remove the dough from the refrigerator and cut it in 4 pieces.
8. Place one piece on a work board and return the rest to the refrigerator. Flatten the dough to about 3/16 inch (5 mm) thick.
9. Cut the dough using a cookie cutter with a heart shape.
10. Transfer the cookies to a pan and repeat the step with the remaining dough. Bake the cookies for about 20 minutes, or until light golden.
11. While the cookies cool down prepare the filling and the topping. Place in a small saucepan the orange jam, grated orange rind, and liquor. Turn heat to medium and bring to a boil until slightly thicker.
12. Turn the cookies upside down. Place 1 teaspoon of the orange filling on half of the cookies.
13. To make the chocolate topping, mix together in a saucepan the water, corn syrup, and sugar. Bring to a boil, remove from the stove, and add the diced chocolate. Stir occasionally to melt the chocolate.
14. Top with the remaining cookies.

(Source: annamariavolpi.com)