Have you heard of Alison Roman’s Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies?
Well I have and I’ve been wanting to make it for about 1/2 a decade.
Sadly, it never happened. I read that recipe and I just can’t. I end up grabbing a handful of chocolatey granola and call it a snack in my sad shortbread-less moment of existence.
Then one day I realized I have a mini-batch dessert blog… and was inspired by this easy shortbread recipe.
Here’s the recipe I came up with. Probably not as life-changingly-delicious as the original but believe you me it hit the spot.
I left the chocolate optional but you know what to do with the optional-ness of chocolate.
It never is.
Btw, since y’all don’t really know me, I’m trying this thing where I sprinkle some dorky photos from my recent excursions.
OK, try this and let me know!
Small-batch Classic Shortbread
Equipment
- Hand/stand mixer or whisk
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (plant) butter, softened (56 g)
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar (15 g) you can probably sub regular sugar, the texture will be slightly different
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour (60 g) sub gf all purpose
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment.
- In a medium bowl cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. I used a hand mixer but you can use a stand mixer or even a whisk (consider it a workout).
- Add pinch of salt and 1/4 cup flour at a time and beat to combine until a soft non-sticky dough forms. You might need a little extra flour to make it non-sticky.
- (Optional) You can add in 1/4 cup chocolate chips/chunks or nuts at this point.
- Either roll the dough thin and cut cookie shapes or shape into cookies by hand (my method). Sprinkle flaky sea salt if you desire.
- Bake cookies about 15 minutes depending on your desired level of done-ness.
- Let cookies cool and firm up slightly and enjoy!
I’ve been eyeing Alison’s recipe too! I love your suggestions and may just have to make this tomorrow! I might roll the edges in a bit of the coarse sugar (the name escapes me) and add just the smallest amount of salt flakes to the top of the cookies to mimic the original a bit more.
I just discovered your site and love what I’ve seen so far! I foresee that I will be doing a deep dive into your content and likely will be making many of your recipes. Thank you!
P.S.—I NEED that pink dress.
love those ideas to elevate this basic recipe, definitely keep me posted if you try! welcome to the site and hope you love what you make 🥳💕 i love these mini recipes so much 🥹 and the dress haha, the pink is a bit much for my taste but had to step out of the comfort zone for once!