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Homemade Chocolate Shortbread

Name: Homemade Chocolate Shortbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 to 2 tablespoons baking cocoa

11 reviews

Test Kitchen Approved

Total Time

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Makes

1 dozen

Updated: Dec. 17, 2022

This recipe has been in my files for a long time...probably from when I first learned to bake. Any chocolate lover will like these melt-in-your-mouth cookies. I make them year-round with variations. They're even richer with a thin coat of icing or as a sandwich cookie with frosting in the middle. —Sarah Bueckert, Austin, Manitoba

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Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons baking cocoa

Directions

Preheat oven to 300°. In a small bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar and cocoa; add to creamed mixture. Beat until dough holds together, about 3 minutes.

Pat into a 9x4-in. rectangle. Cut into 2x1-1/2-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with a fork.
Bake until set, 20-25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 64 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 31mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Homemade Chocolate Shortbread

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