Giant Chocolate Orange Christmas Wreath Cookie

This is a fun and delicious festive recipe that the kids and adults will love this Christmas.

A scrumptious giant chocolate orange cookie, stuffed with chocolate orange chunks - So good! And then festively decorated with a delicious vibrant green vanilla buttercream, and topped with some fun bright coloured mini smarties, to help add to the fun Christmas Wreath decor.

A fun and extremely delicious cookie, that is sure to stand out at your next festive Christmas party or gathering.

The decorating is down to you, so get as creative as you fancy. We kept it fairly simple and used what we had to hand. However, you could have some extra fun by adding some star sprinkles, or create a decorative edible bow - strawberry laces are a great option for this.

Have fun with it, get as creative as you like, or keep it simple like us. Either way, it will still taste amazing.

When we made this, our plan was to get fancy and practice our piping skills, however that didn't quite go to plan. Our last pipping bag split within 30-seconds of using it, and we had to improvise with a freezer bag - haha!

We're still happy with how it turned out. It looks festive and fun, and the taste was delicious, which after all, is the main thing when baking.

We made this giant cookie a chocolate orange flavour, however you could adjust and add a different flavour of your choice;

• White Chocolate & gingerbread spices

• Plain chocolate chip

• Mint Choc chip

Let's crack on with this festive recipe, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Happy baking!

The Chai Home 😋

INGREDIENTS

• 120g Butter

• 50g White Granulated Sugar

• 140g Light Muscovado Sugar

• 1x Egg

• 1x tsp Vanilla Extract

• 1x tsp Orange Extract

• 275g Plain Flour

• 1x tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda

• Pinch of Salt

• 1x tbsp of Cornflour

• 150g Orange Flavoured Chocolate - broken into chunks

For the buttercream

• 100g Softened room temperature Butter

• 150g of Icing Sugar

• 1x Capful of Vanilla Extract

• Green Food Colouring - use as much or as little to achieve the green colour you desire

Decorating

• Mini Smarties

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180C and line a round 20cm/8" tray.

In a large mixing bowl Mix together the flour, bicarb, salt & cornflour together.

In a saucepan melt the butter and then add the sugars and vanilla, and orange extract. Whisk together until smooth and the butter has fully melted. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes before adding in the egg. Whisk until smooth.

Now add the butter mixture to the flour mixture along with the chocolate chunks and evenly mix together.

Transfer the cookie dough to the lined tray and press evenly.

Bake on top shelf for 25 - 30 minutes or until its not wobbling.

Leave in the tray for 10 - 15 minutes before allowing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Buttercream

Add all of the buttercream ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together until smooth and the colour is evenly distributed.

Decorate as you wish, but ensure the cookie is fully cooled.