Mocha Shortbread Wedges Food

MOCHA SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, beat butter with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is very light, about 2 minutes. Stir vanilla and espresso powder together in a small bowl; add to butter mixture. Scrape down sides of bowl and beat until combined and smooth, about 1 minute.
• Add flour mixture and beat on low speed until dough just comes together, about 1 minute. Beat in cacao nibs. Press dough evenly into a 9-by-13-inch baking pan lined with parchment. Cover with plastic wrap and smooth top with hands or the bottom of a dry measuring cup. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use a paring knife to cut dough into 48 bars, 8 across short side and 6 down long side. Use a fork or skewer to poke holes in top of each bar.
• Bake until set, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes, then recut bars. Let cool completely in pan before serving. Bars can be stored at room temperature up to 3 weeks.

MOCHA SHORTBREAD WEDGES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, cocoa, and salt. Stir in coffee, and set aside.
• Beat butter until smooth. Add sugar, and beat well. Add flour mixture, and beat until combined.
• Pat dough into an ungreased 8-inch round pan. Bake until firm, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove shortbread from oven, let sit for 5 minutes, then cut into wedges. Let cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.

MOCHA SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa and coffee; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Gather into a ball; knead 2 minutes. , On an ungreased baking sheet, pat dough into a 7-1/2-in. circle. Cut into 16 wedges, but do not separate. Prick each wedge several times with a fork. Bake 25-30 minutes. , Remove from oven; recut into wedges. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE-GLAZED MOCHA FANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray 10-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom with nonstick spray. Sift flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, espresso powder and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add dry ingredients and beat just until dough clumps together. Using fingertips, press dough evenly onto bottom of prepared tart pan.
• Bake shortbread until firm around edges and baked through but slightly soft in center, about 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Gently remove pan sides. Using large sharp knife, cut warm shortbread into 16 wedges. Cool completely on pan bottom on rack.
• Bring cream to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; stir until melted and smooth. Let stand until glaze begins to thicken but is still pourable, about 10 minutes. Place shortbread wedges on rack set over large baking sheet. Spoon glaze over shortbread, allowing some of glaze to run down sides and spreading over sides with small spatula. Chill just until chocolate is firm, about 45 minutes.
• If desired, press tip of small sharp knife into gold leaf; gently peel off 1/2-inch free-form pieces. Using knife as aid, carefully press gold leaf pieces onto cookies. (Can be prepared 5 days ahead. Store in single layer in airtight container at room temperature.)

MOCHA SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and salt; transfer flour mixture to food processor with chopped chocolate and process for one minute or until chocolate is finely ground. Set aside.
• Stir together espresso powder and 2 tsp hot water until espresso dissolves;set aside.
• Beat butter 3 minutes. Add granulated sugar and beat 2 minutes or until well blended.
• Beat in espresso mixture.
• Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Press dough into a 9 inch round fluted non-stick tart pan. Score into 16 pie shaped wedges without cutting completely through dough. Cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F Uncover shortbread and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove to a wire rack and remove side of pan. Dust with confectioner's sugar.
• Cut through marks before serving.

MOCHA JAVA BARS

Steps:

• To make Pastry: Combine 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, vanilla and the egg in a double boiler over low heat. Stir until thick. Add the graham cracker crumbs, coconut and nuts and mix well. Pour into baking pan and let cool.
• To prepare Filling: In medium-sized bowl, dissolve the instant coffee in the hot coffee. Mix in powdered sugar, cocoa, 1/4 cup of butter and milk. Spread filling over pastry and chill for 15 minutes.
• To prepare Topping: Melt white chocolate in double boiler over low heat. Spread over filling and cut into squares. Store in refrigerator.

BONNIE'S FAMOUS MOCHA SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Spray shortbread mold with cooking spray. (If you don't have a mold, then a large cookie sheet with parchment paper, or a stoneware/pizza stone-type pan is good too.).
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix dry ingredients, fluffing with a fork to evenly distribute cocoa. Cut in butter until fine crumbs form.
• Gather into a ball and knead until smooth, usually about 10-15 "turns". Immediately press lightly into mold. For other types of pans, roll into a circle, like pie dough, and score into wedges.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or til the center is set. These come out very dark, so testing with a fingertip for center springy-ness is essential the first time or two you make these.
• These are the times for stoneware. You may need to adjust for metal pans.
• Cool 30 minutes and then carefully cut into wedges. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

MOCHA SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Position racks in top third and bottom third of oven and preheat to 325°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar. Add dry ingredients and beat until well blended.
• Gather dough into ball; divide into 3 equal pieces. Place 1 dough piece close to each end of 1 prepared sheet. Place third piece in center of second prepared sheet. Using moistened fingertips, press each dough piece to 7-inch-diameter round. Using small sharp knife, mark each round into 8 wedges. Press fork tines around edge of each to make notched design. Bake shortbread 12 minutes. Reverse sheets. Bake until shortbread looks dry and feels firm to touch, about 12 minutes longer. Cool on sheets on racks. Cut shortbread into wedges along marked lines. Transfer wedges to work surface.
• Place white chocolate in metal bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth. Place bittersweet chocolate in another bowl set over same simmering water. Stir until melted and smooth.
• Fit 2 pastry bags with 1/8-inch plain tips; spoon white chocolate into 1 and dark chocolate into other. Or, spoon chocolate into 2 small plastic bags (cut off 1 tip from each bag). Pipe chocolates decoratively over cookies. Let stand until chocolate sets, about 1 hour. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight in single layers between sheets of waxed paper.)