Shortbread Cookies

The recipe Shortbread Cookies can be made in around 2 hours and 30 minutes. For 22 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This hor d'oeuvre has 161 calories, 2g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 36. 24 people have made this recipe and would make it again. If you have flour, salt, semisweet chocolate, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 8%. This score is improvable. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Shortbread Cookies, Shortbread M&M Cookies, and Shortbread Cookies.

Servings: 36

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 120 minutes

 

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

6 to 7 ounces very good semisweet chocolate, very finely chopped

1 cup sugar, plus extra for sprinkling

3/4 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Equipment:

oven

hand mixer

bowl

baking sheet

baking paper

wooden spoon

microwave

kitchen timer

cookie cutter

butter knife

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk, about 1-inch thick. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes, until firm but still pliable. Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut with a 3-by-1-inch finger-shaped cutter. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature. When the cookies are cool, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Put 3 ounces of the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on high power for 30 seconds. (Don't trust your microwave timer; time it with your watch.) Stir with a wooden spoon. Continue to heat and stir in 30-second increments until the chocolate is just melted. Add the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often, until it's completely smooth. If there are still bits of unmelted chocolate after about 5 minutes, return to the microwave in 5-second intervals, stirring, until completely smooth. Stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth and slightly cooled; stirring makes it glossier. Drizzle or dip 1/2 of each cookie with just enough chocolate to coat it. Place the cookie back on the parchment-lined baking sheet and let stand at room temperature until the chocolate has firmed up, about 20 minutes. Cook's Note: If a 3-by-1-inch cookie cutter is not available, you can cut the shortbread into rectangles using a fluted pastry wheel for decorative edges or simple cut with a butter knife.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined.

3. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture.

4. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk, about 1-inch thick. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes, until firm but still pliable.

5. Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut with a 3-by-1-inch finger-shaped cutter.

6. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar.

7. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.

8. When the cookies are cool, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Put 3 ounces of the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on high power for 30 seconds. (Don't trust your microwave timer; time it with your watch.) Stir with a wooden spoon. Continue to heat and stir in 30-second increments until the chocolate is just melted.

9. Add the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often, until it's completely smooth. If there are still bits of unmelted chocolate after about 5 minutes, return to the microwave in 5-second intervals, stirring, until completely smooth. Stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth and slightly cooled; stirring makes it glossier.

10. Drizzle or dip 1/2 of each cookie with just enough chocolate to coat it.

11. Place the cookie back on the parchment-lined baking sheet and let stand at room temperature until the chocolate has firmed up, about 20 minutes.

12. Cook's Note: If a 3-by-1-inch cookie cutter is not available, you can cut the shortbread into rectangles using a fluted pastry wheel for decorative edges or simple cut with a butter knife.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
161k Calories
1g Protein
9g Total Fat
17g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
161k
8%

Fat
9g
15%

  Saturated Fat
5g
37%

Carbohydrates
17g
6%

  Sugar
7g
8%

Cholesterol
20mg
7%

Sodium
17mg
1%

Caffeine
4mg
1%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
3%

Manganese
0.15mg
7%

Selenium
4µg
7%

Vitamin B1
0.1mg
6%

Folate
22µg
6%

Iron
0.87mg
5%

Vitamin A
238IU
5%

Vitamin B2
0.07mg
4%

Copper
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin B3
0.76mg
4%

Fiber
0.71g
3%

Magnesium
11mg
3%

Phosphorus
27mg
3%

Vitamin E
0.25mg
2%

Zinc
0.22mg
1%

Potassium
42mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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