I thought these looked so simple to make that I had to try them.  Found here the recipe used a small amount of sugar and I thought they might make a good treat for the little man. The recipe uses rice flour but I used plain flour (I think the recipe was adapted to be wheat free anyway). They were quite bitter which Ollie loved, I am not nearly as healthy, I would have preferred them a little sweeter. They were still very tasty, perhaps a drizzle of orange icing would have been yummy?mmmmmm next time!

Chocolate Orange Cookie Bites
Adapted from a BBC Good Food recipe

• 100g unsalted butter, softened
• 50g golden caster sugar
• grated zest 1/2 orange
• 150g plain flour
• 50g cocoa
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp or more of orange juice (this was not featured in the recipe)

Method:

Lightly grease a baking sheet.

Beat the butter, then cream it with the sugar and orange zest.  (If the butter isn’t soft enough then the creaming will give your arms an exceptionally good workout!).  Sift the flour, cocoa, and baking powder together then combine with the butter mix to form a dough. Add orange juice gradually until a dough forms. (I did all of this ion a food processor).

Divide the mixture into walnut size balls and arrange on the baking sheet.  Flatten with the back of a slightly damp fork.  Chill for at least an hour in the fridge.

When the chilling time is almost up, pre-heat the oven to 170c.

Bake the cookies for approx 15mins until they are firm.  Leave to cool before removing them from the baking sheet.