Chocolate Shortbread

Name: Chocolate Shortbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: about 4 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/3 cup baking cocoa; Dash salt

Everyone who tastes this comments it's a different way to dress up an old-time favorite. You can serve the cookies as appetizers or as a light dessert. We live in the country on an acreage. I enjoy all types of crafts, especially needlework and sewing. And, ever since I was 12, I've also liked cooking!

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
Dash salt

Directions

In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Combine the remaining ingredients; gradually beat into the butter. Chill for 1 hour.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 300° for 20 minutes or until set.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 112 calories, 8g fat (5g saturated fat), 20mg cholesterol, 83mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Shortbread in Country Woman November/December 1991

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2124arizona

Jul 9, 2017

I like chocolate, but these cookies are kinda bland.
Pam

Dec 26, 2016

I followed this recipe to the letter, & it was awful. They were bitter, tasteless. All I ended up making was fish food for the fish in my pond. Very disappointed. No stars ........ :(
Vicks6

Aug 1, 2012

My cookies looked exactly like the picture, but they crumbled very easily. Also, they had very little chocolate flavor, and I got maybe 2.5 dozen cookies out of this recipe.
SCGranny

Jul 13, 2010

Just what I was looking for. Headed straight for the kitchen. Yummmmmm