Recipe of Perfect Crunchy Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

Crunchy Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

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Crunchy Chocolate Shortbread Cookies is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Crunchy Chocolate Shortbread Cookies is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

I think when it comes to Christmas cookies, a Shortbread cookie is almost always somewhere in the mix. Lightly flour a work surface, and roll out the dough until it's about a half inch thick. You can use a knife, a pizza cutter or a bench scraper to do this. Place about an inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and prick with a fork to get that signature Scottish shortbread.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crunchy chocolate shortbread cookies using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Crunchy Chocolate Shortbread Cookies:
  1. Get 100 grams ♢Cake flour
  2. Get 15 grams ♢Unsweetened cocoa powder
  3. Make ready 50 grams ♢ Almond powder
  4. Prepare 1 Egg yolk (large)
  5. Take 1 dash Salt
  6. Take 40 grams Sugar
  7. Make ready 70 grams Unsalted margarine or unsalted butter
  8. Get 1 Powdered sugar (for decorating, optional)

Shortbread always amazes me by how delicious it is being made of four ingredients. A few notes: Chilled butter is important here. Stir together with a wooden spoon until combined. The cookies edges should be golden brown when finished.

Instructions to make Crunchy Chocolate Shortbread Cookies:
  1. Sift together all the ♢ ingredients.
  2. Cream the butter, then add the sugar and mix.
  3. Once combined, add the egg yolk and salt and mix.
  4. Add the Step 1 dry ingredients to the butter mix all at once, and gently fold in with a rubber spatula. Do not knead or over-mix. Once the dough has come together like in the picture, form it into a single ball by pressing it together with your hands.
  5. Once formed into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and leave to rest in the fridge for about 1 hour. Set the oven to 180°C.
  6. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a 3-5mm thickness. As this dough is quite soft, sandwiching it between two sheets of cling film makes the rolling process easier.
  7. Cut out cookies in whatever shapes you like.
  8. If the cookies are difficult to lift up, you can make things easier by sticking your finger underneath the plastic wrap, and lifting the cookie up with your finger.
  9. Wrap up the remaining dough in plastic wrap, and repeat Steps 6-8.
  10. Place the cookies in the preheated oven set to 180°C, and bake for 10-12 minutes.
  11. Once they have finished baking, cool the cookies on a cooling rack. These cookies are soft when they come out of the oven, so be careful when transferring them.
  12. Once the cookies have cooled, sprinkle with icing sugar, and they're done.

Stir together with a wooden spoon until combined. The cookies edges should be golden brown when finished. Crisp and buttery Chocolate Shortbread Heart Cookies that get dipped in chocolate! Now that the big game is over we can focus on Valentine's Day. It is time to bust out the chocolate and get ready for the day of looooove!

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