Chocolate Orange Stripers

 

1

cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2

cup sugar

1

teaspoon vanilla

1

egg

2 1/4

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2

teaspoon salt

1

ounce unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled

1/4

cup finely chopped nuts

1

tablespoon grated orange peel

1/3

cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

• 1 In medium bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour and salt.
• 2 Divide dough into 3 parts. Mix melted chocolate and nuts into 1 part dough. Mix orange peel into another part dough. Mix chocolate chips into remaining part dough.
• 3 Line loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches, with plastic wrap, leaving 1 inch of plastic wrap overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan. Spread orange peel dough evenly in bottom of pan. Spoon chocolate-nut dough evenly over orange peel dough; carefully spread. Spoon chocolate chip dough evenly over chocolate-nut dough; carefully spread. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours until chilled.
• 4 Heat oven to 375ºF. Remove dough from pan, using plastic wrap to lift. Cut dough lengthwise in half. Cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 5 Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.