Easy chocolate chip shortbread | Four ingredient Christmas cookie recipe!
These incredibly simple four ingredient shortbread cookies are one of my favourite easy Christmas cookie recipes! These shortbread cookies have a light, crispy texture with a wonderful buttery flavour and a generous amount of chocolate. You can substitute nuts/fruit/etc in place of the chocolate chips which allows you to make many different cookies using one dough! This easy shortbread recipe can also be made ahead of time and frozen for up to two months.
Chocolate chip shortbread Cookies:
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour 260g
1 cup room temperature salted butter 226g
2/3 cup powdered sugar 65g
2/3 cup mini chocolate chips* 120g
*chocolate chips can be substituted using many different ingredients making for endless variations on these shortbread cookies. I suggest trying nuts, dried fruit, or candy cane pieces for a different festive holiday flavour!
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325F/160C. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl (or in the bowl of a stand mixer if you would prefer) cream butter on medium for 1-2 minutes or until its nice and light and airy. Add powdered sugar and mix until combined, another 1-2 minutes, then scrape down the bowl. Add in half of flour and mix until a large crumb forms. Scrape down your bowl and add the remaining flour mixing until the dough just starts to come together. Add in chocolate chips (or the ingredient of your choice) and mix until just incorporated.
Use a 3/4 tablespoon cookie scoop (or drop by the heaping teaspoon) onto parchment lined cookie sheets. These shortbread cookies only spread a little bit, so they can be placed fairly close together. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Take them out when the bottoms are golden brown and let rest on the pan for 2-3 minutes before moving to a wire rack to finish cooling completely!
If freezing your cookies, I recommend doing it before they are baked. Portion out the cookies and then freeze for 30 minutes. Once the shortbread dough balls are frozen transfer to large freezer bags for storage. When you're ready to bake your chocolate chip shortbread allow it to thaw for one hour and then bake as directed above! Happy holiday baking!
If you have any questions, let me know down below!
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