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Maida Heatter’s Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Maida Heatter’s Chocolate Shortbread Cookies are rich cocoa-flavored butter cookies loaded with semisweet chocolate chips. Made by creaming butter and sugar, then mixing in cocoa and flour, the dough is chilled, sliced into rounds, and baked to tender, slightly crumbly cookies with a deep chocolate taste and scattered bits of melted chocolate.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Chill Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings:
12
cookies
Calories:
303 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted then measured by scoop and level process
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder very best quality you can find, unsweetened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter at room temperature, unsalted, 8 ounces
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream the butter, and then add the vanilla, salt and sugar. The Cuisinart isn't really the best choice for creaming butter, I know, but a lazy cook without a Kitchen Aid mixer will find a way. It does a fine job, with a little bit of scraping.
- Add in the flour, cocoa and chocolate chips and process just till the dough comes together. The chips will get slightly chopped up, which is good.
- Form the dough into a 10 or 11 inch log and wrap in waxed paper. Roll the log to smooth and shape it, and twist the ends firmly.
- Refrigerate the log for at least an hour. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 325F.
- When you're ready to bake, preheat oven to 325°F.Slice the dough into 3/8 inch slices. Arrange on a silicone baking mat or parchment paper lined sheet pan and bake for about 18-20 minutes. *See Notes before baking!
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Notes
- Monitor baking time carefully; start checking at 18 minutes to prevent overbaking, especially for thinner slices.
- Chocolate shortbread may look underdone even when fully baked; err on the side of slight underbaking for a tender texture.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
303kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
32g
(11%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
41mg
(14%)
Sodium
53mg
(2%)
Potassium
125mg
(3%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
476IU
(10%)
Calcium
17mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 303
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 303kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 41mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 53mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 125mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 476IU | 10% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.