Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies are one of the most delicious baked goods. These cookies are so tender and light that you can eat a few with your tea.
Ingredients
For The Cookies
- 1 cup Butter, Room temperature
- 1½ cup All-purpose flour, Spooned and leveled
- 1¼ cup Powdered sugar, Sifted
- ⅓ cup Cocoa powder, Dutch-processed
- ¼ cup Cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
For The Chocolate Decoration
- 1 cup Milk chocolate
- 1 tablespoon Silver Pearls, For decoration
Instructions
How To Make The Cookies
- Set the paddle attachment and beat the butter until fluffy and soft. Add vanilla extract and mix.1 cup Butter, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Mix all the dry ingredients, then add to the butter.1½ cup All-purpose flour, 1¼ cup Powdered sugar, ⅓ cup Cocoa powder, ¼ cup Cornstarch, ½ teaspoon Salt
- Beat the dough for about a minute. It should have the consistency of play dough.
- Wrap the dough in cling wrap and chill for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 300°F, and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll out the dough to ¼ inch thickness. Use your favorite cookie cutter to cut the cookies. Place them on the lined baking sheets, and bake for 15-18 minutes. Cookies are down when the edges look set.
- Let them cool down on the sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer them to the cooling rack to cool down completely.
Chocolate Decoration
- Melt the milk chocolate in a saucepan and let cool down slightly. Pour it into a piping bag and cut the tip into a small hole. Decorate the top by running the chocolate on top of each cookie.1 cup Milk chocolate
- Before the chocolate cools down and hardens, sprinkle the top of the cookies with silver pearls.1 tablespoon Silver Pearls
Nutrition
Calories: 91kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 93mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 197IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.4mg
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