Chocolate Shortbread
- 1 12 cups flour
- 13 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 34 cup butter, softened
- 34 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 12 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 teaspoon almond extract
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 12 almond halves
- Lightly grease a 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom or a cookie sheet; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour and cocoa powder; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract, and salt.
- Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
- Add flour mixture and combine until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling.
- Form mixture into a ball and knead until smooth.
- Pat dough evenly into prepared pan or pat to 9-inch circle on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Using your fingers, scallop the edge, if desired.
- Score into 12 wedges and prick each wedge 3 times with fork tines, making sure to go all the way through the dough.
- Press an almond slice into each wedge about 1/2-inch from the edge.
- Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes or until top looks dry.
- Cool in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Remove sides of tart pan, if using Cool completely on wire rack.
- Cut into wedges.
flour, cocoa, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, almond, salt, almond halves
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-shortbread-461242 (may not work)