chocolate shortbread cookies
These chocolate shortbread cookies have crisp edges and a massive chocolate flavor. They're packed with cocoa and chunks of dark chocolate!
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 42
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dutch-process cocoa powder
- 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, cool room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz chopped dark chocolate
- sanding sugar, for coating
Instructions
- Whisk together flour and cocoa powder in a bowl; set aside.
- Place butter in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until butter is softened and broken up, about 20 seconds.
- Add powdered sugar and salt. Mix until smooth, about 1 minute, scraping down bowl as needed. Mix in yolk and vanilla extract until just combined. Add dry ingredients and slowly mix until dough just comes together. Mix in chopped chocolate.
- Scoop dough onto a piece of parchment paper. Cover with another sheet of parchment and roll out to 1/4-inch thick. Transfer to a sheet pan and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or until very firm.
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Fill a shallow bowl or plate with sanding sugar. Use a 2-inch cookie cutter to cut out rounds from the cookie dough slab, re-rolling scraps as needed. Return dough to the refrigerator to chill if it gets too soft. Store unbaked cookies on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan in the refrigerator.
- Dip one side of a cookie round in sanding sugar, pressing down gently to adhere, then transfer to a muffin tin sugared side up. Repeat with remaining cookies.
- Bake for 18- 20 minutes, or until cookies are just firm to the touch.
- Let cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes, then use a knife or small offset spatula to carefully loosen them from the pan. Transfer to a rack to cool completely. Repeat baking remaining cookies.
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 101
- Sugar: 6.5g
- Sodium: 63mg
- Fat: 5.5g
- Saturated Fat: 3.3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.6g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 16mg
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