Okay so the oven was on from baking the chicken today so I decided while the oven was still hot to make some cookies for the family. This is something I get from my mother. She would often make something extra because "the oven's already hot" implying that one should not waste energy.
I've been eyeing "The Best Shortbread in the World" recipe from How to Cook by Jamie Oliver for awhile (because it looked really fast) and thought I would try it. I haven't before this because in my family the husband and offspring are not interested in baked goods unless there is chocolate (arghh). To make them more appealing, I used the old trick of sprinkling chocolate chips over the surface of the hot shortbread and spreading the melted goo into a chocolate layer on top (another tip from my mom).
Nancy's Pan Shortbread - based on the recipe from Jamie Oliver's How To Cook (2007)
1 cup soft butter (I'm not that organized so I cut one cup of regular butter into chunks and put it in the microwave on #4 power for 1 minute)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups white flour
3/4 cup cornstarch
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips (this amount is not for any reason other than that is all I had!)
* Oven at 300F. Put butter and sugar in the electric mixer and cream together for 5 minutes. Add flour and cornstarch one cup at a time and mix only until combined. Press into a buttered 8" square pan. Make deep indents all over with a fork. Bake for one hour. While hot sprinkle chips over top and wait a few minutes. Then use an offset spatula to spread the melted chocolate over the top. Let cool and cut into squares.
I've been eyeing "The Best Shortbread in the World" recipe from How to Cook by Jamie Oliver for awhile (because it looked really fast) and thought I would try it. I haven't before this because in my family the husband and offspring are not interested in baked goods unless there is chocolate (arghh). To make them more appealing, I used the old trick of sprinkling chocolate chips over the surface of the hot shortbread and spreading the melted goo into a chocolate layer on top (another tip from my mom).
Nancy's Pan Shortbread - based on the recipe from Jamie Oliver's How To Cook (2007)
1 cup soft butter (I'm not that organized so I cut one cup of regular butter into chunks and put it in the microwave on #4 power for 1 minute)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups white flour
3/4 cup cornstarch
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips (this amount is not for any reason other than that is all I had!)
* Oven at 300F. Put butter and sugar in the electric mixer and cream together for 5 minutes. Add flour and cornstarch one cup at a time and mix only until combined. Press into a buttered 8" square pan. Make deep indents all over with a fork. Bake for one hour. While hot sprinkle chips over top and wait a few minutes. Then use an offset spatula to spread the melted chocolate over the top. Let cool and cut into squares.
2 comments:
This looks yummy!! Shortbread and chocolate, what a combo, I will definitely try this (I'll use dark semi-sweet of course).
That's a good idea. I have unique challenge in my house when it comes to baking with chocolate. One son likes semi-sweet and the other likes milk chocolate and white chocolate. Of course my husband will eat any kind of chocolate!
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