Chocolate Chip Shortbread

"Shortbread is a comfort food to me, because it was one of the cookies my mom made the most. This recipe adds another comfort food...chocolate! These are incredibly delicious and rich and make a lovely presentation."
 
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Ready In:
22mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
16 wedges
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ingredients

  • 12 cup butter, softened
  • 12 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 12 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in vanilla and add flour and salt.
  • Stir in chips.
  • Divide dough in half.
  • Press each half into an ungreased 8 inch round pan.
  • Bake 12 minutes or until edges are golden.
  • Score each shortbread with sharp knife into 8 even wedges, but do not cut all the way through.
  • Leave in pans and cool on racks for 10 minutes.
  • Invert onto racks and cool completely.
  • Break into wedges.

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Reviews

  1. Ohhhhhhhh gawshhhh these are addictive! Between mom, grandmom and I we gobbled down half the batch! The instructions for this recipe are perfect, and I didn't change a thing. I used salted butter because that's all I had on hand, but I figured that was okay, and didn't omit the salt. These shortbreads turned out buttery, crumbly, delicately gooey near the chips, and simply out of this world! Thanks Karen... this was some experience! :-)
     
  2. Deeeelish! Super rich, and easy to make.
     
  3. This was so easy and a big hit! Thanks for sharing it. I will definitely be adding this to my recipe collection and making it again soon.
     
  4. This is a delicious cookie. I made two batches and made hem as part of my Christmas teacher gifts for the school where my kids go. They looked great & tasted even better. Even my younger son loved these since there were a few left overs after wrapping up the gifts. I did not divide the dough into two pans as I wanted a thinker cookie. They still came out great, just had to cook a tiny bit more. Love these cookies!
     
  5. This was delicious! I made it with white chocolate chips. I think 1/2 cup of chips was a little much for my taste, but still yummy. I put it in one circle pan because I had a few too many bites of dough. :)
     
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Tweaks

  1. You can cook these on a cookie sheet. I have done it and spread soft coconut oil on the baking sheet it helps give it that crispiness on the edges and bottom
     

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