Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

By SandyC

Ingredients

• 2 cups  all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for the work surface
• 1/2 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon  kosher salt
• 1 cup  (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup  confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon  pure vanilla extract
• coarse decorating or turbinado sugar, for sprinkling

Details

Servings 26
Adapted from realsimple.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, and salt.

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and confectioners’ sugar on medium-high until fluffy; beat in the vanilla. Reduce
speed to low and gradually mix in the flour mixture until just combined (do not overmix).

On a lightly floured surface or piece of parchment paper, roll the dough out ¼ inch thick. With a 2-inch cookie cutter (preferably
fluted), cut the dough into rounds, flouring the cutter and rerolling the scraps as necessary. Arrange 1 inch apart on parchment-lined
baking sheets. Refrigerate on the baking sheets for at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.

Heat oven to 350° F. Sprinkle the rounds generously with the coarse sugar and bake, rotating the sheets halfway through, until
set, 20 to 22 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.