Orange & Chocolate Spritz Sandwiches

• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons shortening
• Coarse grain sugar
• Red cinnamon candies, if desired
• White decorator frosting or gel, if desired

1. Heat oven to 375F.
2. Combine butter and sugar in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
3. Add egg, vanilla and orange zest; continue beating until well mixed.
4. Add flour and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
5. Place dough into cookie press; form desired shapes 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
6. Sprinkle cookies with coarse grain sugar.
7. Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are set.
8. Remove to cooling rack.
9. Cool completely.
10. Place chocolate chips and shortening in bowl.
11. Microwave, stirring every 15 seconds, 45-60 seconds or until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
12. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon chocolate onto bottom-side of 1 cookie; top with another cookie, bottom-side down.
13. Repeat with remaining cookies.
14. Attach red cinnamon candy onto center of each cookie with white decorator frosting, if desired.

butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, freshly grated orange zest, flour, salt, bittersweet, shortening, grain sugar, red cinnamon, white decorator frosting

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3334/orange-chocolate-spritz-sandwiches (may not work)