Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies
photo by Jonathan Melendez 
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
- dozen
- Serves:
- 24-36
ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 ounces chocolate chips, melted
directions
- Cream butter and sugar, add flour and vanilla.
- Pinch of 1/2" balls of dough, roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet.
- Use the tines of a fork to flatten cookies.
- Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from baking sheet, cool 10-15 minutes.
- Dip half of each cookie into melted chocolate.
- Chill to set chocolate.
Questions & Replies
- hi why did my cookies just melt into the pan? because i used butter instead of unsalted ? not enough flour ?
- What sugar are you rolling in, I used 1/2 cup for dough, what else? Thank you
- Do you use salted or unsalted butter
- Is it necessary to roll in sugar. I cannot find replies, says I have 3!
- I plan on making these for upcoming Christmas parties. I am curious if this is a dough that can be chilled than rolled out and cut into shapes? Thank you.
Reviews
- Took these to a cookie exchange and they were a hit. I used Scharfen-Berger semi-sweet chocolate instead of chocolate chips. Shaped the cookies into little sort-of squares instead of pressing down with a fork, and so they were half dipped in chocolate. Also I dipped them in chopped pistachios after the chocolate so they looked great with the green nuts on the chocolate and tasted even better with a little saltiness from the nuts to go along with the chocolate. Loved them. Will make them again and again.
- A very well written out recipe. With easily available ingredients and the world's favourite "C" item in them, these just were PERFECT! I did not flatten these out because when I tried doing that, they would simply break. So, I shaped them into shells, rounds, squares, ovals, and many more shapes(some twists n turns here n there n what figures emerged!). I licked my fingers clean after dipping them in chocolate!! These are addictive!!! I will make them for my hubby for sure if we had to ever fight and I would be in the wrong:)!!! Thanks so so much for sharing this recipe. U made my day and many more to come!
- Heaven in your mouth! Brought these to a Christmas Dinner... Nothing but compliments. I rolled them in chopped pecans after dipping in chocolate...
- Made these one day when I bought myself a choc. dipped shortbread at Barnes and Noble and forgot it at the bookstore. I came home, checked out Recipezaar and found this recipe! Wonderful and so easy to make! My entire family loved them - they didn't last long! Thanks for the great recipe!
- Tried these last Christmas season for my cookie platters. They ended up being my husband's favorite out of a dozen different types of cookies! He calls them "Milano" cookies and asks me to make them often. I dipped in semisweet chocolate & sprinkled with red/green nonpariels. The cookie just melts in your mouth, and chocolate adds a nice something extra. Highly recommend!!!
Tweaks
- LOVED THEM !!! very nice, easy & fun to make cookies. It brought great memories of my Grandma. She used to make very similar ones with lard instead of butter & topped them with guava or mango preserve and some times 1/2 a cherry * color sprinkles... HAPPY HOLIDAYS !
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Miss Erin C.
Minneapolis, Missouri
Mom to 4 boys, city dweller, eater, craft beer enthusiast, original Recipezaar member.
