This buttery shortbread is a treat for all ages. Kids can help stir the dough with a wooden spoon.
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white whole-wheat flour
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
Instructions:
- Arrange the racks in upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F. Line 2 large cookie sheets and with parchment paper or silicone sheets.
- In a large bowl, combine the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt at medium-low speed just until smooth. Add the flours and mix until just blended. Divide the dough in half and then shape, without over handling, into 2 disks.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 piece of dough out into a 13-inch, 1/4-inch-thick square. Using a ruler and a fluted pastry wheel or a large knife, trim the edges and cut into 2- by 1-inch rectangles. Transfer the cookies to the baking sheets, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Reroll the scraps and repeat with the remaining dough. Mark each cookie several times with tines of a fork and then chill the pans in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Bake cookies for about 17 minutes, until golden and nearly firm in center. Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheets and transfer to racks to cool completely.
- Finely chop semisweet chocolate. Place half of the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan with 1 inch of simmering water and stir until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Add the remaining chocolate to the bowl; remove the bowl from the pot and place on a folded towel. Stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth. Scrape the chocolate into a small bowl. Line a baking sheet with clean parchment or waxed paper. Dip the cookies halfway into the chocolate, let the excess drip off, and then place on the paper-lined sheet; let stand until set and dry, at least 1 hour.
Wheat Biscuit Shortbread • Yield: 36 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white whole-wheat flour
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
Wheat Biscuit Shortbread Nutrition Facts:
• Diet:
• Calories: 211.30
• Fat: 255.88
• Carbs: 161.68
• Protein: 43.44
• Cholesterol: 161.97
• Calcium: 19.40
• Sodium: 50.84* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.
