CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COFFEE SHORTBREAD

Name: CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COFFEE SHORTBREAD
Cuisine: European, American
Ingredients: 1¼ cups all -purpose flour; ½ cup confectioner's sugar; 1 Tb. instant espresso powder; ½ tsp. vanilla extract; ½ cup plus 2 Tb. unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup semisweet chocolate; chips (8 oz.); 1 Tb. vegetable shortening

5 steps

Mom’s recipe

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:20:10 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories117.8 kcal (6%)

Total Fat7.5 g (11%)

Carbs13.1 g (5%)

Sugars4.5 g (5%)

Protein1.4 g (3%)

Sodium37.9 mg (2%)

Fiber0.7 g (3%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

32 servings

1 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour

½ cupconfectioner's sugar

1 Tbinstant espresso powder

½ tspvanilla extract

½ cupunsalted butter

room temperature

1 cupsemisweet chocolate

8 ozchips

1 Tbvegetable shortening

Instructions

Step 1

• heat oven to 325°.

OvenPreheat

Step 2

Place all ingredients except chocolate and shortening in mixer bowl; beat until dough is smooth, cleans side of bowl, and gathers into ball. 3. Flour fingers and press dough evenly over bottom of (unbuttered 9-in. square baking pan. Using sharp knife, score dough into 16 squares, then score each square into 2 triangles. Prick each triangle twice with fork. 4.

Step 3

Bake until dough is set and barely colored, about 20 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in pan, then cut triangles. Cool completely in pan.

Step 4

5. Heat chocolate and shortening in top of double boiler over hot water until completely smooth.

Step 5

Dip corner of each cookie in warm glaze and let dry on wire rack Store in airtight container.