Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies are all the goodness of melt-in-your-mouth shortbread combined with a little bit of chocolate. Your family will love these easy tasty cookies!
These cookies look so fancy and impressive, but guess what? They only require a handful of ingredients and are super easy to make. You’ve got to love that! On top of all that, they are also super tasty. These are great for a tea party, baby shower, brunch, or just for a regular old treat. We’ve dipped these cookies in melted chocolate, but you also don’t have to dip them in chocolate at all. It adds a fun and fancy finishing touch and a higher chocolate content, but you can also have these cookies plain as well.
Do I need a stand mixer to make Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
You will need either a hand mixer or a stand mixer for this recipe to adequate beat together the butter and powdered sugar.
Chocolate Chips:
We love adding chocolate chips to our shortbread cookies, but you can always make a plain shortbread cookie without them.
Can I use cookie cutters?
These cookies hold their shape which means you can cut them in squares or rectangles as shown, or you can use cookie cutters to come up with your own shape. Smaller cookie cutters may require a slightly shorter cooking time so be sure to watch them closely.
Storage Instructions:
Store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other delicious cookie recipes:
- Nutella Stuffed Churro Cookies
- Easy Pecan Sandies
- Chocolate Kiss Cookies
- The Ultimate Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookie
Watch the video below where Rachel will walk you through every step of this recipe. Sometimes it helps to have a visual, and we’ve always got you covered with our cooking show. You can find the complete collection of recipes on YouTube, Facebook Watch, or our Facebook Page, or right here on our website with their corresponding recipes.
I love shortbread and chocolate do this is ideal. Never tried making shortbread do this will be my first. Thanks for sharing!
This might be a daft question!! But is powdered sugar the same as icing sugar? Rather than say, caster sugar? I live in the U.K. Just wanted to make sure I’m not getting confused!x
Yes, they call it that in the UK
Nicely done. The ziploc bag is a brilliant idea for uniform thickness. The cookies have a delicate texture and are a great base for many flavor combinations.
shortbread is my guilty pleasure!
I dont have parchment paper. Can i bake on non stick sheet with cooking spray?
Yes, that should work. It’s not ideal, but it works.
Get parchment paper! When I finally discovered it I thought “where have you been all my life”? LOVE IT! You will never go back to foil.
Hello, this post showed up on my Facebook page today. It looks wonderful. I am wondering if there is a reason, other than better view for video, for using a hand mixer instead of a stand mixer. I have not done a lot of scratch baking and am having fun trying new recipes and techniques. Thank you for sharing this on your blog.
The honest truth? My stand mixer was somewhere else and I didn’t want to go get it. 🙂 Stand mixers are super convenient, but hand mixers work just fine for a lot of things.
Do these freeze well?
They should!
Salted or unsalted butter?
Salted. Unsalted butter should only be used if a recipe specifically calls for it (usually with browning butter or pastry making). Some people choose to use unsalted butter because they are on a low sodium diet.
In my mind I mentally said add salt. Then I forgot. Dang
love short bread. Dipped with chocolate sounds divine! Thank you for the recipe and I look forward to trying these!
Thanks for the work you do Rachel!! Your recipees are so reliable and comes out beautiful and delicious. Please can you do me a favour by also including the measurements in Kg and ml like you did with your dinner rolls. Thanks