Toffee, Pecan Chocolate Shortbread Cookies-Dancing Deer Bakery
- 1 13 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 34 cup cocoa powder
- 14 teaspoon kosher salt
- 34 cup unsalted butter
- 12 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 -4 tablespoons chopped toffee pieces (to taste)
- 2 -4 tablespoons chopped pecan pieces (to taste)
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa and salt, and stir together with a fork until blended.
- Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar, and beat until just blended, 1-2 minutes.
- Add the egg and beat until blended about 1 minute more.
- Add the flour mixture, and on low-speed, beat until the mixture just begins to form a sticky dough, about 1 minute more.
- Turn out onto a floured surface, and gently pat together to form a dense ball of dough.
- Add toffee bits and pecans and knead gently until evenly combined, and shape into a flat round disk.
- Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours.
- Position rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 325F
- On a lightly floured surface, roll cookies out to about 1/8 thick, and cut to desired shape.
- Transfer to a heavy duty cookie sheet and bake until just golden around the edges, 15-18 minutes.
flour, cocoa powder, kosher salt, unsalted butter, sugar, egg
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/toffee-pecan-chocolate-shortbread-cookies-dancing-deer-bakery-336372 (may not work)