Shortbread Cookies
Shortbread cookies are a simple and quick dessert or snack. They’re buttery, not too sweet, and the chocolate I dip them in gives them an even more indulgent taste!
Ingredients
12 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
6 tbsp. confectioners sugar.
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
Add softened butter and confectioners sugar to a mixing bowl. If you have a stand mixer, use the paddle attachment on medium speed to combine the two. If you don’t, a hand mixer is fine.
Combine the flour with the salt, then add it to the butter/sugar mixture. Mix everything with the paddle attachment (or hand mixer) until everything just starts to come together.
Take the dough out of the mixer and shape it into a rectangular-log.
Cover the dough in saran wrap. Refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes, but it can be in there overnight as well if you plan to bake them the following day.
Remove shortbread dough from the refrigerator. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Unwrap the dough. With a sharp knife, slice the dough into cookies. Each cookie should be about a quarter of an inch thick.
Place unbaked shortbread cookies on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Don’t worry about putting them too close together - they’re not going to spread.
Bake cookies for about 7 to 8 minutes. Start checking them after 5 minutes, though, as oven temps. can vary. Remove cookies from the oven when they’ve started to caramelize a bit around the edges.
Allow cookies to set up a bit on the baking sheet - about five minutes. Move cookies to a cooling rack to continue firming up before dipping in chocolate.
If you want to dip your shortbread cookies in chocolate, melt 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval.
When chocolate is melted, add the other 1/4 cup of chocolate chips to the bowl and continue stirring until all of the chocolate is melted. This is a quick way to temper chocolate. Dip your cookies into the chocolate and place them, chocolate side down, onto a sheet of clean parchment paper to set up.
Dip your cookies into the chocolate and place them, chocolate side down, onto a sheet of clean parchment paper to set up.
Makes about 12 to 14 cookies.
Enjoy!
