Irresistible orange cookies with hidden melting truffle centres

Crisp, buttery orange cookies with a gooey melting truffle filling hiding inside. Easy to make, and so delicious! Everyone will want another cookie…

I was shopping recently when I saw a bag of Lindor mini truffles* and had a flash of inspiration. I couldn’t wait to get home and try out my idea.

All other jobs were suspended temporarily, as I got busy with the baking things.

One thing leads to another

You see, when I made my inside-out cheesecake cookies, I’d thought that it would be a good idea to try the same method but with a chocolate filling. And when I saw those little truffles I realised that they would be the PERFECT thing to go in the middle of these cookies. 

Fiddly foil

I whizzed up the cookie dough in just a few moments – thanks food processor!

However removing the foil wrappers from all the little truffles was a much more fiddly and time consuming. I put my daughter Kipper to work de-foiling them. She was a keen helper, and even managed not to eat any of the truffles before they’d made it into the cookies. I’m impressed.

Truffle cookies – Easy assembly

Assembling the cookies was easy and only took a few minutes – basically encasing each truffle in a layer of cookie dough. We then arranged them on the baking sheets with plenty of room to spread, and popped them into the oven.

Orange you glad I did?!

I’d planned to make a plain vanilla cookie on the outside of the truffles, but at the last moment I added some orange zest to the mix. I’m so glad I did!

As they baked, the whole house was filled with the glorious aroma of chocolate orange. Even DH was drawn to the intoxicating scent that was wafting from the kitchen. 

Truffle-stuffed cookie ingredients

The cookie dough is simple to make from just a few pantry staples. All you need to make these gorgeous cookies yourself is:

• self-raising flour
• bicarbonate of soda
• sugar
• butter
• golden syrup – or use corn syrup or honey
• orange zest
• mini chocolate truffles
• icing sugar for dusting – totally optional

Patience….

We all stood around impatiently, waiting for the cookies to be cool enough to eat. And then…. mmmmmm…. crisp, buttery orange-scented cookie surrounding gooey melty truffley filling. Silence reigned as we took a moment to savour them. 

They were so perfect, we were all inspired to have seconds.

Note: Truffle maths

There were 21 mini truffles in the bag, so I made 21 delicious chocolate orange cookies. If you had larger truffles, the recipe would make a fewer cookies. Or if you had more or smaller truffles, you could probably get a few more cookies out of the same amount of dough.

Truffle stuffed cookies = perfect gifts

These cookies were too delicious not to share! We packaged some up in cute little cellophane bags, tied with a ribbon, and they made beautiful homemade gifts.

Delicious truffle cookies

These gorgeous truffle cookies really are a fantastic way to use mini truffles. Although now I’m wondering about making big ones with full size truffles! Watch this space…

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📖 Recipe

Orange chocolate truffle-centred cookies

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Irresistible orange cookies with hidden melting truffle centres

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Cookie, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, European

Servings 21 cookies

Calories 119 kcal

Ingredients

 

US CustomaryMetric

 

1x2x3x

• 4 tablespoon golden syrup/honey/agave nectar or a mixture
• 200 g self-raising flour
• ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 75 g caster sugar
• 100 g butter
• zest of an orange
• 100 g bag Lindor mini truffles or similar small spherical chocolates
• 1-2 teaspoon icing sugar (optional)

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Line two baking sheets with greaseproof paper or parchment. Remove the foil wrappers from the truffles.
• Place the syrup/honey in a small bowl and place in the oven to warm.
• In a food processor, combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, butter and orange zest, and process to a sandy consistency.
• With the motor running, pour the warmed syrup/honey into the food processor and continue to whizz until the mixture forms a ball of soft dough.
• Pinch off a small ball of dough, about the size of a small walnut, and flatten into a circle. Place a truffle in the centre and enclose the truffle in the dough, rolling in your palms to ensure there are no cracks.
• Repeat with the remaining dough and space the balls well apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 10 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven – the cookies will be very soft. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes to firm up before transferring to cooling racks.
• Once cold, dust with icing sugar if desired, and serve.

Notes

In the USA, Lindor truffles have a hechsher and are kosher. In the UK, KLBD lists them as ‘not kosher’ due to ‘insufficient information’. Please check the packaging locally and make your own decision as to whether or not to use them. Of course other truffles are also available.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Orange chocolate truffle-centred cookies

Serving Size

 

1 cookie

Amount per Serving

Calories

119

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

5

g

8

%

Saturated Fat

 

3

g

19

%

Trans Fat

 

1

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Cholesterol

 

11

mg

4

%

Sodium

 

51

mg

2

%

Potassium

 

11

mg

0

%

Carbohydrates

 

17

g

6

%

Fiber

 

1

g

4

%

Sugar

 

10

g

11

%

Protein

 

2

g

4

%

Vitamin A

 

119

IU

2

%

Calcium

 

12

mg

1

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword baking, chocolate, orange

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I’m entering these cookies into Treat Petite, organised by Cakeyboi and The Baking Explorer.