2 1/4 cups flour (don’t sift – pack it down in the cup)
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 sticks softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 beaten egg
3 tsp grated orange zest
1 (12 oz) bag white chocolate morsels

preheat the oven to 350 degrees with the rack in the middle position.

prepare your cookie sheets by spraying them with pam (or another nonstick cooking spray). you can also use a parchment-lined cookie sheet if you prefer.

in a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. stir well and set aside.

in another bowl, beat the softened butter, sugar, and brown sugar.

add the beaten egg to the bowl with the butter and the sugars. stir it all up. then stir in the grated orange zest.

stir in the flour, salt and baking soda mixture and mix well.

stir in the white chocolate chips.

drop by teaspoonfuls onto a prepared cookie sheet, 12 cookies to a standard-size sheet. flatten the cookies in a crisscross pattern with a fork, the way you’d do for peanut butter cookies.

bake the coookies at 350 degrees for10-12 minutes.

leave the cookies on the cookie sheet for a minute or two, and then remove them to a wire rack to cool completely.

makes 5-6 dozen cookies, depending on cookie size.