I recently picked up a container of Harry & David's shortbread cookie mix and finally decided to make them. They turned out great, but I decided to make them even better by dipping them in chocolate.
For the cookies: Follow the directions on Harry & David's shortbread cookie mix. I rolled small balls of dough into nice spheres to get round cookies. The cookies came out a lot lighter than my preferred brand of Walkers.
After the cookies had cooled I dipped them in melted semi sweet chocolate.
Ingredients: Half a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips and one tablespoon of shortening.
In a double boiler slowly melt the chips and shortening. The shortening helps with tempering the chocolate and makes the chocolate have a nice glossy appearance. I only dipped 1/2 the cookies in chocolate so that they'd be easier to handle. After dipping place them on wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate sets up.
Next time I dip cookies in chocolate I think I'm going to add some sprinkled toasted nuts on top.
For the cookies: Follow the directions on Harry & David's shortbread cookie mix. I rolled small balls of dough into nice spheres to get round cookies. The cookies came out a lot lighter than my preferred brand of Walkers.
After the cookies had cooled I dipped them in melted semi sweet chocolate.
Ingredients: Half a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips and one tablespoon of shortening.
In a double boiler slowly melt the chips and shortening. The shortening helps with tempering the chocolate and makes the chocolate have a nice glossy appearance. I only dipped 1/2 the cookies in chocolate so that they'd be easier to handle. After dipping place them on wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate sets up.
Next time I dip cookies in chocolate I think I'm going to add some sprinkled toasted nuts on top.
Shortbread is SO easy to make without a mix--I think it's the easiest of all cookies!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that shortbread is easy, but I love to try out mixes. So far my favorite line of mixes is from the Barefoot Contessa.
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