Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2008

These aren't as yummy as I hoped they would be.

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April

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Home Town: New London, Connecticut, USA

Living In: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2008

Not a hit with my little son, unfotunately, but that's all right - it leaves more for me! I ended up using a touch more butter than the recipe originally calls for and the juice of half an orange, as the dough was a little crumby for my taste. They turned out great, though!

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2008

my batch turned out great but cookies hardened dramatically. Don't know what would fix that.

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Niki

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2008

This is one of my favorite cookie recipes. I have had this exact recipe for quite some time now, and everyone loves it. The only changes that I make in my recipe are as follows: Instead of orange zest I used grated orange peel (bought in a jar like regular spices). I use 2-3 teaspoons instead of just one. The orange flavor is quite a treat. I also use a whole 12-ounce package of white chocolate chips. As with all my cookies that I bake, I like them soft. To do this I usually take 45-60 seconds off of the bake time and let them cool on racks. This allows the cookies to harden, but not too hard. They are still soft enough to seem fresh from the oven.

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Krista

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Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2008

The Best Cookies I Have Ever Tasted!:)

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Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2007

These are good, not great, I think next time I will use chocolate chocolate chips instead of the white.

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Home Town: Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2007

Excellent. I zested a whole orange and ended up with more than the recipe called for, but went ahead and threw it in. I doubled the recipe but left out the nuts and left the amount of chips as-is. Other than that, I didn't make any changes and everything turned out perfectly. Curiously for me, my cookies did spread -- quite a bit -- but stayed soft as long as I pulled them out just as the edges were starting to brown. A rather grown-up cookie, this one made people roll their eyes back into their head!

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Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2007

What a fantastic recipe/combination of flavors! I added orange extract, left out the nuts, and added both white and milk chocolate chips to the batter. YUM! NOTE--I was pressed for time, and made these into cookie bars, instead. I used a 9" x 10" rectangular pan, baked for 30 min and they came out wonderfully. Thanks for a great recipe!!

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penny p.

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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2007

I made these last night because my husband loves anything orange flavored. The taste was really good, but the consistency was a bit dry for my taste. I only used 2 cups of flour, added a little vanilla for taste (since I was a bit short on brown sugar) and added 1/4 tsp orage extract. I also only used 1 1/4 c w.choc. chips since that was all that was left in the bag and I could not see how you could use any more - there were about 20 chips per cookie! I would love to figure out how to make this cookie a bit moister.

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Kim H

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Simi Valley, California, USA

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Reviewed: May 23, 2007

I love a fruity flavoered cookie and white chocolate chips so this was right up my alley and not a bit disapointing. i will do these again for sure.

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2007

One of the best cookies I have ever tasted. Thanks Jennifer.

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Beverly

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Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2007

I made a few changes & this still came out very tasty. I had Dove Organic orange dark chocolate that I didn't care for at all. I decided to hunt for a recipe that uses orange. This looked good. I chopped up the chocolate bars in place of the white & used applesauce instead of butter. I also added cranberries. I wouldn't recommend using applesauce because they came out a little flat & needed to cook about 13 min. BUT with all my changes this still was very good. Oh, & Organic orange chocolate is good, it's the Dove that was bad, it really isn't 100% organic & you can tell.

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Jen-Nay

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Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2007

I love this recipe! I've actually made it twice now. Both times I had a little trouble with the consistency. I ended up adding only 2 cups of flour, and even still, it was pretty dry. So, I added the juice from the orange that I had zested which I would HIGHLY recommend, because it makes the orange flavor just a little stronger, and the dough a better consistency. I also used dark chocolate chips instead of white, and I'm a huge pecan fan, so I substituted the walnuts for pecans. Defiantly a new fave. Oh ya, under bake them just a little so that they come out chewy :)

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Chelsey Wolnowski

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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2007

Hoooweee! Yum. What a good use of white chocolate. Underbake them a little - they'll stay chewy at delectable that way. Great flavor!

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2007

These were interesting. Good but a little odd. Batter was very thick - I added about 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. They don't spread much at all when they cook but they do flatten out a little. I would've called them 'orange creamsicle cookies'. My husband said would've been better with regular chocolate instead of white chocolate. My son liked them. Not sure I'd make these again...

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Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2007

Great recipe! I love the orange flavor with the white chocolate and I think it is a sexy adult cookie. Kids may not like it, but c'mon -- they have enough cookies of their own! :) Included this in my Christmas cookie baskets and people loved them.

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Marian

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2007

During the Christmas holidays I was persuaded to try this recipe by the enthusiastic reviews of my Cooking Friends--What A Dish!, Cookin'Mama, LadyJayPee, IMVintage, and Tunisianswife, and I'm so glad I did--my family loved it. I used a combo of semi-sweet and the semi-sweet/white chocolate swirl chips and finely chopped pecans. I also used 1/2 teaspoon orange extract, but I did not add orange zest (not a big fan!), and I added 1 teaspoon vanilla. The first time I made them, I used all butter, and the second time I used part butter/part shortening. I personally like the combo of butter and shortening in a cookie because I think shortening adds a little crispness. Great versatile recipe--on my keeper list!

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2006

These were good! Like Cookin'mama, I used King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour with good results. I also added 1 tsp vanilla. And like What a Dish!, I added pure orange extract (1/2 tsp). I also used the zest from two satsuma oranges. I divided the dough in half and used white chocolate chips (real ones) in half and mini-semisweet chocolate chips in the other, & used only half the amount of each (1/2c each). Both were delish. Thanks for the great cookie recipe, Jennifer!

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Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2006

Usually I am happy with just a tiny sample of the cookies that I bake, but not this one; I love the delicate orange flavor of this cookie. I used King Arthur organic white whole wheat flour (nobody had a clue!), milk chocolate chips, and flattened each cookie before I baked them. Fabulous!

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2006

WOW, are these good!! I absolutely love them! So good! I had a little trouble getting the orange zest, but all I had were satsumas, and I take it they're not the best to zest, lol. So I stopped after I had 1 teaspoon (that alone took over 10 minutes!) and just put 3/4 teaspoon of organic orange extract in the dough along with the zest. My bag of white chocolate chips was 12 oz. which was a little over 2 cups, but I threw them all in anyways- I loooove white chocolate. After the first batch was in the oven I remembered that some reviewers had said these cookies don't spread out at all, so I lightly flattened the rest with a fork and liked how those turned out better. These have a perfect texture- I baked for 9 minutes. I like that they don't have tons of sugar like some other recipes (although the white chocolate kind of makes up for that!). I used 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour and omitted the salt because I used salted butter. White chocolate and orange are so scrumptious together. These are sooo good and I think I might make them again for Christmas!

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