Chocolate Shortbread

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"Always wondered about the name here -- Where's a recipe for longbread, anyway! Wherever the one is found, this particular recipe was located in the Taste of Home's Chocolate Lover's Cookbook, Vol 2, 2003!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 12 cookies
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, softened (no substitute)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon baking cocoa

directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, then add vanilla & mix well.
3. In another bowl, whisk together flour, sugar & cocoa, then add to creamed mixture, beating about 3 minutes or until dough holds together.
4. Pat the dough into a 9-inch by 4-inch rectangle, then cut into 2-inch by 1 1/2-inch strips.
5. Place strips 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
6. Prick each strip several times with a fork.
7. Bake 20-25 minutes or until set.
8. Set sheets on wire rack(s) to cool for 5 minutes, then remove shortbreat to wire rack(s) to cool completely.

Reviews

[Roxanne J.R.]

These were just okay for me. On their own they are nice but I felt like they needed an accompaniment - like ice cream or some frosting for me to like them more and I was right, I enjoyed it much more with ice cream. Thanks for posting.

 

[Andi W.]

This recipe is exceptional!! Tried it with panda cookie cutters and they are adorable :D Thank you!!!

 

[laurenpie]

Delightful! Intense but not overly sweet! I made with the higher amount of cocoa, and I added walnuts. I formed into one block, didn't cut into bars before cooking, and purposely cooked the block longer (22-25 minutes) and at a lower temperature (325 degrees) in hopes of getting more of a dryer biscotti texture. Even then, they were nicely soft, never got too hard.

 

[justcallmetoni]

I was looking for a small batch cookie recipe to prepare for a tiny group of chocolate fanatics. This fit the bill on two counts and the results were just delicious. I also finely chopped dried cherries and added them to half the batch. This made it harder to cut the strips but the taste was delicious. Thanks!

 

[Deantini]

These were a flash to make and I really do like that the batch is small; it is for the better and you can always double the recipe if you have company over. Would be great with some good vanilla ice cream. I had a difficult time trying to pat them out as described and instead I ended up rolled them into small balls and patted them down from there. So I ended up with round shortbread which is not really the standard, but what the heck, the taste is still great. Made for PRMR