Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
What a week!! I just got back from traveling for work last night and I am SO exhausted. I went to West Virginia and Virginia to see some customers and try and tell them about my company’s new products. Let me tell you…I will NEVER go to West Virginia again unless I am forced. You need a passport to go down there! No lie, I thought I was stepping into the movie Deliverance. You know with the creepy kid playing the bango?? GAH! So weird haha. Sorry for anyone who lives in West Virigina, but man the place I was in I will never go back to haha.
Good news though! I leave for State College (PSU) in a couple hours to go and see my best friend Tamara and show Patrick all around where I went to school. I am really excited! I am hoping that the weather forecast changes. I had so much rain while I was traveling I am just hoping for some sun. For at least SOME of the time.
The recipe I am sharing today is for one of my favorite kinds of cookies. Shortbread. I am normally a chewy-ooey gooey kind of cookie and brownie eater but when it comes to shortbread I just cannot get enough. These have a different spin on them. They aren’t the traditional shortbread cookies you see coming out of the Girl Scout Cookie boxes. Those are awesome btdubs…and Caramel Lights (Somoas I guess now? They have changed since I was a Girl Scout) YUM! Anyways, enjoy!
Ingredients for Cookies:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened premium dark cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- cooking spray
Preheat oven to 325º
Combine flour, cocoa, and salt into a small bowl and whisk together.
Place sugar, butter, and oil into a medium bowl and mix with hands until well combined. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix with hands until well combined. Wrap your dough into plastic wrap or a plastic air tight bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Place dough onto a cooking sheet or into a glass baking pan that is coated with cooking spray. If using a glass baking pan use a 8×8. If using a baking sheet press the dough into a 8×5″ rectangle about 3/8″ thick. Pierce the top of the surface liberally with a fork. Bake for about 30 minutes or just until set.
Cut the shortbread into equal pieces (about 24) and set aside to cool.
These were really good. I also have a recipe for brown sugar shortbreads and lemon as well so if you are interested just email me and I will gladly send you the recipe!
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
20 Comments
Nava Krishnan
Nice and lovely, what more you made the recipe so easy, on my mind to try for the coming Deepavali and am sure my friends will have a ball of a time.
Beth Michelle
I love short bread cookies. These look great!
Tina@flourtrader
Shortbread is nice, but chocolate shortbread is extra special. These would not last very long in this house. Simply delicious. Have a great weekend.
Becky
I like that you used the whole wheat flour in the shortbread. This chocolate shortbread !looks so good, and easy to make. Good for a quick snack!
Have a good weekend!
Carolyn
Mmm, shortbread. Mmm, chocolate. MMM, buzzed!
Hope you can relax some this weekend.
Liz
Ooh, lovely chocolate shortbread! And now I’m in the mood for Samoas…how’d that happen????
Lilly
You are so funny! Was West Virginia really that bad? Well at least your short bread cookies are good =) Great recipe for a last minute cookie as most ingredients are present in every household.
Have a great weekend with your friends!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
How simple! They look great, and I love the change to chocolate!
Laura @ Family Spice
Yes, please! Totally craving chocolate right now… : )
Cheryl and Adam
Shortbread cookies are a favorite around here, especially around the be-here-before-you-know-it Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Never tried chocolate shortbread but I think it’ll be in someone’s stocking this year! Yummy!
Hester aka The Chef Doc
Ooh, these cookies are lovely! It looks so chewy and inviting 🙂 You should check out my Caramel Brownies if you’re a brownie fan! Sorry to hear about West Virginia 🙁 I’ve never been but oy, it doesn’t sound like I want to go there!
As for the Samoas, I think the name was changed to be “politically correct” and whatnot. It took me a long time to realize the name change, haha! Have a great weekend!
Viviane Bauquet Farre
Have fun at State – these treats look delicious for the adventure!
sandra
I would love for these to magically appear on my counter with a cup of green tea.
Roxana GreenGirl
Ha ha ha I’m a Virginia and I kinda don’t like WV so I feel your pain. Hope next time you come to VA maybe we meet for a cup of coffee/tea.
These shortbreads looks great. Hope you’re going to bring some if we meet
Britne @ Shabbott's Habits
mmmm…chocolate shortbread! Did you go the game?!?! What a bummer that we lost, huh? Hope you had fun in State College, we’re trying to get there this fall too.
Elyse @The Cultural Dish
These cookies look great! I hear you on west virginia… I have never been myself but I have never wanted to go because friends of mine who have have warned against it!
Susie
I love shortbread cookies….. although I have never had chocolate ones I totally feel like I am missing out. These look yummy.
Aarthi
First time here…I am glad that I reached here…Straight away bookmarking your blog..I love this cookies a lot…the love the addition of chocolate in this recipe…Thanks for the recipe dear…
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tiffany
Your chocolate shortbread looks awesome! Funny that we posted chocolate shortbread on the same day! LOL! 😀
kita
OOooh, I was in West Virginia once – and like you – it was like a scene from Deliverance. It was terribly scary. Enjoy the rest of your visits! These shortbread cookies sound great!