Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Shortbread Cookies

These classic shortbread cookies melt in your mouth. Take them up a notch with a delicious chocolate coating and pieces of peppermint candy.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 28

Cool Time: 1

Total Time: 1 43

Servings: cookies

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Michelle

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
Crush candy cane into small pieces.
Mix butter to incorporate air, then add powdered sugar and salt. Beat, starting on low speed then turning up as sugar incorporates.
1 cup unsalted butter, 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt
Add flour and mix until incorporated.
2 cups flour
Use hands to squeeze dough into a ball, then turn out onto cookie sheet.
Gently press dough into a rectangle approximately 9 inches by 13 inches. Lightly roll with a rolling pin to remove fingerprints and ensure dough is an even layer.
Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and use a pizza wheel to cut into rectangles. Use a fork to prick each rectangle twice.
Quickly return cookies to oven to bake another 8 minutes, then turn off oven. Crack oven door and let cookies cool for one hour.
Chop chocolate, and melt over low heat on stove until almost all melted, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let chocolate finish melting while you carefully break up the cut shortbread cookies.
4 ounces dark chocolate
Do no more than 5 cookies in a batch, dip cookies one at a time two thirds of the way into the melted chocolate, then place on a silpat or parchment sheet. Sprinkle with crushed peppermint.
1 candy cane
Repeat for remaining cookies, then let chocolate harden.
Serve immediately, or store in a tightly sealed container up to three days. These freeze up to a month, as well.

Use high quality chocolate to ensure it melts evenly. Regular chocolate chips do not work well here.
You will have leftover chocolate after you dip all the cookies. Save it for another project, or make peppermint bark to complement these cookies.
For more tips and tricks, be sure to read the full article above.

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