Friends of the forest orange biscuits dipped in chocolate

The other day I came back home and I felt really tired, britboy told me to sit down and relax but I felt the urge of trying my new set of biscuits cutter that my friend Lily kindly bought for me from Ikea (saving me to spend 4 hours in there, because everytime I go to Ikea is inevitable for me to spend a crazy amount of money and time. Conclusion: thanks Lily, you're lovely).

So, I took out all you need to make animal shaped oil biscuits and started to mix the ingredients, this is what came out after a few hours of work. A yummy bunch of animals dipped in dark chocolate, because dark chocolate makes everything better!

These animal biscuits are really doughty and it's a shame to eat them but I swear it's a treat that will make everyone happy and kids will have fun dipping them in chocolate just like my britboy did (he is not a kid but he's young at heart)!

ingredients:

310g flour (plus 30g to knead)

130g sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tb fresh orange juice

60ml bran or vegetable oil

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla or vanilla sugar

1 tsp orange zest

80g dark chocolate

method:

(dough from the hamantashen recipe of molly yeh)

in a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt
in a large bowl whisk together the orange juice, oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and orange zest
slowly stir in the flour mixture until the dough begins to come together
knead the dough a few times on a lightly floured surface, until smooth (if too try add some orange juice, if too wet add some flour)
divide into two balls and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight
preheat the oven to 180° and line a baking sheet with baking paper
roll hald of the dought on a lightly floured surface to a 3mm tickness and cut out the animal shapes using the biscuits cutters
cook for about 15 minutes and let cool on a wire rack
melt the chocolate in a bowl suspended over a pan of simmering water
dip the cooled biscuits into the chocolate then allow the excess to run off before placing on a wire rack or sheet of baking pape to set