Chocolate Dip Cappuccino Shortbread

Name: Chocolate Dip Cappuccino Shortbread
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 36 cookies
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons instant coffee; 1 cup butter, room temperature (do not use margarine); 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1 3/4 cups flour; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 4 ounces semisweet chocolate

Submitted by LeeAnn

"Everyone loves these - I can't seem to make enough."

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photo by Virginia L.

Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 36 cookies

ingredients

4 teaspoons instant coffee
1 cup butter, room temperature (do not use margarine)
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla
1 ³⁄₄ cups flour
¹⁄₄ cup cornstarch
4 ounces semisweet chocolate

directions

Put instant coffee in a small dish and grind fine with the back of a spoon.
Mix coffee, butter and sugar.
Add vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients then add to the butter mixture.
Shape into bean shapes and score lightly down the back of each cookie with a butter knife.
Bake 325°F for about 15 minutes or until the edges just start to brown.
Let cool and dip end in melted chocolate.
Place on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper and set in the freezer for about 5 minutes to set the chocolate.
Enjoy.

Questions & Replies

can you freeze those cookies

eritzer

Reviews

This is a really wonderful and tasty recipe, with the chocolate and coffee being a nice sharp flavor contrast to the rich buttery dough. I did not have a lot of luck shaping these elegantly, so I pressed most of the dough into a 9x13 pan, baked it, then sprinkled chocolate chunks over the top and put it back in the oven for just a minute or two. When the chocolate started to glisten, I spread it over the top, then cut the chocolate-topped shortbread into squares. Really a delcious recipe, thank you.

moxie
I have made these for years now and it's true everyone loves them and requests them over and over. My frustration is that I just can't get a nice bean shape that holds. This year I may try as Moxie suggests and bake them in a 9x13 pan melting chocolate on top.

elle00
Everyone loves these. I have made them several times - always a big hit.

barbpaul
These cookeis are soooo good! I made them with instant espresso powder and they had wonderful taste and texture. Thank you so much for the yummy recipe.

gibblet