Holiday Shortbreads
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
36 cookies
- Serves:
- 36
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups flour
- chocolate (molding chocolate in your choice of color)
directions
- Mix the corn starch, icing sugar and butter together.
- Gradually add flour. The mix will be very starchy and flaky at first. I prefer to give my hands a good wash and just mix with my hands, it's much quicker.
- Place the dough in the refrigerator for 10 to 20 minutes to let it cool; it will be easier to work with.
- Sprinkle flour on a flat surface, and begin rolling your dough on top.
- Leave it 1/4 inch thick and cut out your shapes.
- Place in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes until they appear golden around the edges.
- Cool before decorating.
- To prepare your chocolate you will need to bring water to a boil in a sauce pan. Place the chocolate in a metal bowl and place it on top of your boiling water. Stir until chocolate is smooth; be sure not to stop since chocolate can burn very easily; this is why you do NOT want to microwave it.
- Once the chocolate is melted take a small spatula or butter knife and begin to decorate your cookies!
- Molding chocolates come in most colors however if you can't find the color you're looking for just buy white chocolate and add some food coloring.
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