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Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

February 10, 2016 by Joy the Baker 36 Comments

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Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

We’re fast approaching one of those holidays we can’t ignore.  Valentine’s Day.  We can’t ignore it because, well… there seem to be pink and red heart sprinkles on everything, and a Sunday night dinner reservation is 100% impossible.  Every waiter or server, current or past, shudders at the mention of this day, wherein, you will likely be asked to place an engagement ring atop a slice of cheesecake, set the dessert down in front of a lucky lady and then run run run as fast as you can as to not get tied up in engagement words.  

However you’re spending the love holiday, I hope there is a good dose of chocolate in it.  

Chocolate.  Not exclusive to this Valentine’s holiday, but appropriate.  Necessary, really… for everyday. 

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

This cookie recipe is adapted from Martha Stewart whose recipes, I’ll just say it… are sometimes great and sometimes suspicious. 

Her chocolate shortbread recipe comes together in a food processor and I love an excuse to use my Kitchen Aid 9-cup food processor.  Cold butter (we don’t even have to wait for room temperature timing), flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, salt (vanilla sea salt if you have it), powdered sugar, and an egg yolk specially for binding.  Martha doesn’t call for an egg yolk and… I do.  I’m a baker, too.  I’ll add an egg yolk if I think I should.  

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

With some blending in the food processor, we have dough!  

It’ll be moist, just slightly sticky, but firm. The dough is wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for 30 minutes to rest and firm.  

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

The dough is rolled out between two pieces of parchment paper.  Lightly floured parchment.  This way the dough won’t stick to the rolling pin and we still get wonderfully thin cookie dough.  

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

Sprinkled lightly with sugar and cut into circles.  You can use a heart-shaped cutter if you’re feeling the love.  Use a thin spatula to transfer the cookie to a parchment lined cookie sheet.  

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

While the cookies bake to firm, milk chocolate is melted.  White chocolate is also completely reasonable. 

Oh!  These cookies would make really great sandwich cookies!  Get a peanut butter buttercream up in these STAT.  Why am I just now thinking of this!?  

Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

Dipped half in milk chocolate and sprinkled with a pinch of vanilla sea salt, because I can’t help my self.  

These cookies are crisp and durable.  Lovely for dipping and dunking.  Lovely for a buttercream filling or a small scoop of ice cream.  Other dippable favorites?  See: Dipped and Crisp Peanut Butter Cookies.  

I love you, k bye. 

 

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Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate Shortbread

  • Author: Joy the Baker
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 18 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 3 ounces milk chocolate, coarsely chopped and melted

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a blade attachment, combie flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Add butter, vanilla, and egg yolk and process until mixture comes together into a moist ball. Scrape the dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  2. Place a rack in the center and upper third of the oven and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  3. Roll out dough between two sheets of parchment paper. Lightly flouring the bottom piece of partchment paper. Roll to 1/4 inch thick. Use a 2 1/2-inch round or heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out dough and use a thin spatula to transfer cookies to the prepared baking pan.
  4. Bake cookies until firm to the touch, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on wire racks.
  5. Melt milk chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave, heating for 30 second intervals, removing the bowl to stir the chocolate and repeat until the chocolate is completely melted.
  6. Allow the cookies to cool on a wire rack before dipping in chocolate. Sprinkle with sea salt or sprinkles and allow to rest for 30 minutes to harden the chocolate. Stir in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several days.

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  1. Hebbar's Kitchen

    February 22, 2016 at 6:21 am

    very nice recipe. Thanks for sharing it.

    Regards
    Archana
    https://hebbarskitchen.com/

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  2. Juie

    February 20, 2016 at 10:06 am

    I love chocolate and I love shortbread so I can’t wait to make these.I think I’d like to flavor the chocolate with a bit of orange or raspberry flavoring. Would the addition of flavoring upset the chocolate?

    Reply
  3. Nancy Sullivan

    February 16, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Shortbread does not have egg in it. The texture will be “sandier” without the egg, which is the shortbread ideal.

    Reply
  4. Michelle

    February 15, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    Do you think this can be done without a food processor by following the directions of a regular shortbread recipe?

    Reply
  5. Alison

    February 15, 2016 at 4:32 am

    Love small batch cookie recipes. Yay!

    Reply
  6. Brit

    February 14, 2016 at 7:57 pm

    Made these this evening on a whim. They’re delicious and remarkably easy to make!

    Reply
  7. findingmykd

    February 14, 2016 at 9:24 am

    Trader Joe’s has chocolate shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles right now…and of course they’re heart shaped! This looks like a great homemade version to try.

    Reply
  8. Considering The Radish

    February 12, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    The only thing better than a chocolate cookie is a chocolate dipped chocolate cookie. You could also doubly gild the lily and stuff these full of chocolate ganache.

    Reply
  9. Trina and Tina

    February 12, 2016 at 7:49 am

    Delightful, delicious, DONE! Thanks for helping us plan our Valentine’s Day menu! Sandwich cookies with cookie butter are our fave!

    Reply
  10. Ash

    February 11, 2016 at 4:29 pm

    I made these for my workmates last night – went down an absolute treat! Did half with sea salt, and half dipped in ground chocolate-covered coffee beans!

    Reply
  11. dessertfortwo

    February 11, 2016 at 10:01 am

    Sometimes I think Martha’s recipes are too overly obsessed with being authentic (like, shortbread shouldn’t have eggs). But seriously, if it tastes better with an egg yolk, then DO IT! You’re the best baker! <3

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  12. Loraine

    February 10, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    Usually I’m all about defying Martha, but shortbread traditionally doesn’t have egg in it… so I can’t rag on her there. Of course it’s not traditionally chocolate either and I’m fine with that. ;) Either way, these look awesome!

    Reply
  13. lynn @ the actor's diet

    February 10, 2016 at 7:40 pm

    I would pay to see a Martha/Joy bake-off.

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      February 10, 2016 at 9:27 pm

      She would kill me dead and look fabulous doing it.

      Reply
  14. Christina

    February 10, 2016 at 5:45 pm

    Omg please adapt this with (salted) caramel.

    Reply
  15. Jess Carey

    February 10, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    Love the idea of white chocolate dip… may have to make a batch for myself for V’Day ;)

    Reply
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