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Brazil Nut and Chocolate Shortbread Recipe

Brazil Nut and Chocolate Shortbread

Homemakers Best Tested
By
Andrew Chase
Rich and buttery shortbread just got a whole lot better.

Ingredients

1  cup  (250 mL)  unsalted butter (preferably cultured), softened
1/3 cup  (75 mL)  granulated sugar
1/2 tsp  (2 mL)  vanilla extract
1/4 cup  (60 mL)  cornstarch
pinch salt
1-3/4 cups  (425 mL)  all-purpose flour
1  cup  (250 mL)  coarsely chopped Brazil nuts
1/4 cup  (60 mL)  chopped milk chocolate
Icing sugar

Preparation

Beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy; beat in vanilla. Stir in cornstarch and salt; stir in flour, about one-third at a time, until in smooth dough. Stir in nuts and chocolate.

Drop by rounded 1 tbsp/15 mL, about 1 inch/2.5 cm apart, onto parchment paper-lined rimless baking sheets; refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.

Bake in centre of 275F/140C oven until golden on bottoms, about 40 minutes. Let cool on pans on racks for 2 minutes; transfer cookies to racks and let cool completely. Sift icing sugar over tops.

Makes about 36 cookies.

Serving(s)
36 cookies
Nutritional Information
Per cookie: about
Calories 105
Protein 1 g
Fat (total) 8 g
Sat. Fat 4 g
Carbohydrate 8 g
Fibre Trace
Cholesterol 14 mg
Sodium 2 mg
Calcium 1 % RDI
Iron 3 % RDI
Vitamin A 5 % RDI
Folate 6 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: December/January 2009

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