Mini Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies Food

MINI CHOCOLATE CHIP SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix flour, butter, sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl until dough is smooth. Reserve 1/4 the chocolate chips; stir remaining chips into dough until evenly distributed. Roll dough into 24 small logs and place a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until slightly golden around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in baking sheet for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Melt shortening in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in reserved chocolate chips until melted, about 5 minutes. Dip cookies into chocolate and return to baking sheet. Refrigerate until firm.

MINI CHOCOLATE CHIP SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C).
• Beat Becel® Salted Plant-Based Bricks and sugar until well blended and lightened in color, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract and salt until combined.
• Add flour until you almost have a ball of dough. Stir in mini chocolate chips and mix until the dough comes together.
• Divide dough into sixteen 1/2-inch to 1-inch (1.25 to 2.5-cm) balls, flattening with a fork dipped in flour or icing sugar. Arrange on baking sheets.
• Bake 12 to 17 minutes or until edges and bottoms are very lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire rack and cool completely.

MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH MINI CHOCOLATE CHIP SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees (set oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Prepare an ungreased cookie/baking sheet.
• In a medium bowl beat softened butter with vanilla using an electric mixer until fluffy (about 4 minutes).
• Add in confectioners sugar, cornstarch and flour; beat on low speed for about 1 minute, then on high speed for 3-4 minutes more.
• Add in the mini chocolate chips; mix to combine.
• Drop by spoonfuls about 2-inches apart on the baking sheet.
• Bake for about 10-12 minutes (watch that the edges don't brown too much).
• Cool completely on wire racks then lightly dust with confectioners sugar if desired.

CHOCOLATE CHIP SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch-square baking pan with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 sides.
• Beat the butter, vanilla and salt in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low; add the confectioners' sugar and beat until just incorporated. Add the flour in 2 batches and beat until smooth. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
• Lightly dust your hands with flour and press the dough into the prepared pan. Score the top with a knife to make 9 strips, then score the strips in half to make 18 pieces. Bake until the edges are firm and the top is dry, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Immediately rescore the cookies, then let cool 20 minutes in the pan. Lift the foil to remove the shortbread from the pan and transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Cut the shortbread into pieces along thescored lines. Put the remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until melted. Drizzle over the shortbread and let stand until set, about 1 hour.

CHOCOLATE CHIP SHORTBREAD COOKIES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 2 cups confectioners' sugar. Beat in the vanilla and coconut extracts and salt. Add flour one cup at a time, mixing well after each. Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with a fork dipped in confectioners' sugar.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until a light golden brown. While cookies are still warm from the oven, dust with the remaining confectioners' sugar.

TINA'S SHORTBREAD CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, then stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
• Roll or scoop dough into walnut sized balls. Place them on unprepared cookie sheets 1 1/2 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until light golden brown. Remove from sheets to cool on racks.

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all cookie ingredients except flour and 1 cup mini chocolate chips in a large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed till creamy.
• Reduce speed to low.
• Add flour, beat till mixture forms a dough.
• Stir in one cup mini chocolate chips by hand.
• Shape dough into 1" balls.
• Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Flatten each ball to 1 1/2" circles with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
• Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or till set.
• DO NOT OVERBAKE!
• Let stand 2 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Combine all frosting ingredients in a small bowl.
• Beat at low speed till smooth.
• Add milk, 1 tsp at a time, for desired frsting consistency.
• Frost cooled cookies& place on waxed paper.
• Place 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips and shortening into a small, microwave-safe bowl.
• Microwave on high, stirring every 30 seconds, till smooth (60-90 seconds).
• Drizzle thin lines of chocolate over frosting.
• Let stand till chocolate is set (at least 30 minutes).

NOAH BEDOAHS (CHOCOLATE CHIP SHORTBREAD COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or leave them ungreased.
• Sift the Flour, Baking Powder and Salt together into a small bowl and set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream the Butter and Sugar together in a medium-sized mixing bowl until light and fluffy, about 1-1/2 minutes. Stop the mixer to scrape the bowl several times with a rubber spatula.
• Add the dry ingredients on low speed and continue to blend for 10 seconds. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until fluffy, 2 to 2-1/2 minutes. Scrape the bowl.
• Add the Chocolate Chips and Nuts with several turns of the mixer, then complete the mixing by hand with a wooden spoon.
• Measure out generous rounded tablespoonfuls of dough and roll them into balls with your hands.
• Place the balls 1-1/2 inches apart on the cookie sheets and press them down lightly to form a flat bottom (cookie should be about 1/2-inch thick).
• Bake the cookies until they are crunchy and golden, about 1 hour. To test for doneness, remove one cookie from the sheet and cut it in half. There should be no doughy strip in the center. Allow the cookies to cool on a rack.
• Makes 15 - 17 cookies.

MINI SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Sift the corn starch, icing sugar and flour.
• Blend in the butter until dough is completely smooth (I usually just use my hands to do this).
• Roll out dough on a floured surface to 1/4" thick.
• Cut cookies using a 1" round or heart shaped cookie cutter (these cookies turn out much better small).
• Reform the leftover pieces of cookie dough to roll and make more cookies.
• Place cookies on a shiny cookie pan (preferably one of the insulated types).
• Top cookies with either 1/4 or 1/2 of a cherry (these are tiny cookies and depending on cherry size do just fine with 1/4 of a cherry) OR a chocolate chip.
• Bake at 300 degrees F for 17-18 minutes.
• These cookies do not turn noticibly brown.