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
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Jeanne says
Can this recipe be made with Vegan salted butter? I want to send them to my Grandaughter for her birthday.
Worth a try! I don’t work with vegan substitutes very often so I have not tested that.
Just finished making these – best shortbread recipe ever! Made the dough last evening, baked them off this morning and just dipped them. Perfect!
Been sitting on this recipe for a couple years now. Made them for the first time this afternoon and they turned out great! The only change I made was adding a tiny bit of leftover fresh sweetened coconut, and it was ground small with the dark chocolate when I broke the larger pieces down. They are all packed away in the large freezer now for the ultimate late night snack. 😀 Thanks!
I tried this with white chocolate chip and OMG! They turned out delicious ?
Will it do just fine if refrigerated over night?
Yes, you’ll be fine.
Are the Ghirardelli melting wafers milk chocolate or dark chocolate? I’m having trouble finding milk chocolate. Thanks!
Dark chocolate
Can I use cookie cutter for these?
Yes you can
Would it work to use mint extract instead of vanilla to the cookie and then a little to the chocolate dip?
Worth a try!
Could these be made with granulated sugar or only powdered sugar?
You can turn granulated sugar into powdered sugar by blending it in a food processor or blender for about 30 seconds.
How many cookies does it make
This recipe yields 16 to 20 cookies.