Chocolate Shortbread Sandwich Bars
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
20
ingredients
- butter (for the pan)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- extra flour (for sprinkling)
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (for sprinkling) or 12 ounces granulated sugar (for sprinkling)
- confectioners' sugar (for sprinkling)
directions
- Pre-heat over to 350°.
- Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of the pan. Butter the paper.
- In a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon, cream the butter.
- Add the granulated sugar a little at-a-time until it is well blended.
- Beat in the egg yolks and vanilla.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir the dry mixture into the butter mixture a littlt-at-a-time until it is incorporated. The dough will be sticky.
- Place 2/3's of the dough in the pan. Using your fingers press it into an even layer. Flour your hands as you work. Prick the dough all over with a fork.
- Sprinkle the chocolate chips (or pieces) over the dough to within 1/4" of the edges.
- Place clumps of the remaining dough around the perimeter of the chocolate, making a 1/2" border. Then scatter the remaining dough clumps to fill in the rectangle. You will still be able to see chocolate through the dough.
- With a lightly floured hand, pat the clumps gently all over to flatten them slightly.
- Sprinkle the dough lightly with the granulated sugar.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the top of the pastry is pale golden.
- Remove the pan from the oven and set it on a wire rack to cool.
- Cover the pan with foil and refrigerate just until the chocolate sets.
- Remove from the refrigerator and cut the pastry into bars, making 3 horizontal cuts and 4 vertical cuts.
- Lift our the bars and sprinkle them with confectioners' sugar, and stack on a serving plate.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
dojemi
United States