Chocolate Shortbread

By á-43349

Ingredients

• Simple Icing:
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 drop yellow or orange food coloring
• 1 teaspoon water

Details

Cooking time 75mins
Adapted from marthastewart.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
With an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy.
Add flour, sugar, and cocoa; mix just until combined. (Chill dough in the refrigerator 10 minutes if it is too soft to handle.)

Pat dough into an 8-inch round cake pan; press edges down with the tines of a floured fork.
Bake until firm, 30 minutes.
Immediately score into eight wedges; cool completely.
Turn out of pan; break wedges apart.
Decorate with icing.

Simple Icing:
In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, 1 drop yellow or orange food coloring, and 1 teaspoon water. (Icing should be spreadable but not too thick; add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, as necessary.) Spread onto tips of shortbread. Let set, 15 minutes.