Valentine's Day Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Cookies
Valentine's day is just around the corner, so it's time to start thinking about what sweet treat you're going to make for your loved ones. These chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies are easy and delicious. Plus, you can customize them with any toppings you like. So get creative and have some fun with this recipe!
Ingredients
- 7 oz Unsalted butter
- 7 oz White granulated sugar
- 1 Egg (Medium)
- 1 teapsoon Vanilla extract
- 10.5 oz All purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- ⅛ teapsoon Salt
- 6.5 oz Milk chocolate
- 1 oz Valentine's Day themed sprinkles
Instructions
- Get a large bowl and inside it cream together the softened butter, sugar and egg with an electric mixer.
- Add the vanilla extract, then gradually add the flour, baking powder and salt (through a sift). Whisk again on low speed until it's fully combined.
- Mould the cookie dough into a sphere shape and tranfer the cookie dough to plastic wrap. Chill the cookie dough for 30 minutes in the fridge.
- After 30 minutes, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Flour a flat surface and roll the dough out to about ¼ of an inch thick. Cut out shapes with a circular cookie cutter and transfer carefully to the baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes until the cookies are slightly golden brown around the edges.
- Transfer to a cooling rack or wire rack to cool completely before topping with melted chocolate.
- Melt chocolate in a microwave safe measuring jug, preferably with a with similar to the cookies.
- Once the cookies have cooled, dip each one into the melted chocolate and straight away sprinkle on the sprinkles. Repeat the process for all sugar cookies and leave to set. It is now ready to be served.
Nutrition
Calories: 146kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 28mgPotassium: 31mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 224IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
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