Sunday, October 12, 2008

Chocolate Scotch Shortbread



















Ingredients:

50 g dark or bittersweet chocolate
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups cake flour

Method:

Line a large baking tray with parchment paper, set aside.

Preheat oven to 180 °C.

With a double boiler, melt chocolate; set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat butter till fluffy.

Add-in sugar, continue beating till very light, pale and fluffy.

Pour-in melted chocolate, stir to incorporate fully.

Stir-in flour, gradually knead and roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness.

With cookies cutter, cut into the desired shapes.

Place them onto the prepared baking tray, about 1 inches apart from each others.

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes or till aroma.

Remove cookies from oven, let them stand for 1 minute.

Transfer cookies on wire rack, let cool completely before store into air-tight container.

Yield 98 cookies.

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