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Rolled cookies, Orange cornmeal sandies

Source of Recipe


Mexican



List of Ingredients



• 2 C all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 C cornmeal
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 C sweet cream butter, at room temperature
  
• 1 C granulated sugar
  
• 2 egg yolks
  
• 1 T grated orange zest
  
• 1 tsp orange extract
  
• 1/4 C ground walnuts
  
• 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (1 cup)
  






Instructions



1. Combine dry ingredients. in a separate bowl beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add egg yolks, zest and orange extract and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour mixture and walnuts.
   
   
2. Divide dough in half, flatten each into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 30 minutes.
   
   
3. On lightly floured surface with lightly floured rolling pin, roll out one disk to 1/4 inch thick. Cut dough with floured 3 1/2 inch round cookie cutter. Cut each round in half. Place one inch apart on prepared cookie sheet. bake 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden. cool on wire rack.
   
   
4. Melt chocolate over lowest heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Hold the cookie by the straight side and dip the points in the chocolate, leaving most of the cookie exposed. place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Let stand until chocolate hardens.
   
   
5. If desired, put chocolate on a cookie and sandwich 2 together.