Brown Sugar Shortbread

This shortbread recipe is very easy and is a great addition to your holiday cookie assortment.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 & 1/4 cups all purpose flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Cream together the butter and brown sugar.
3. Gradually stir in flour.
4. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, for about 3 minutes.
5. Pat into a 1/3 inch thick rectangle, measuring 11 X 8 , then cut into 2" x 1" strips.
6. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and prick with a fork.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until bottom begins to brown...remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes, then remove from pan to wire rack to cool completed.

Chocolate Mocha Shortbread

This is a great recipe if you're a fan of shortbread, and is good with coffee, tea, or even ice cream.

Ingredients:

1 & 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp instant coffee
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels, divided

Directions:

1. Preheat 325 degrees
2. Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl, and add butter and vanilla...beat at low speed with electric mixer until blended.
3. Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate morsels.
4. Press dough into an ungreased 9" square pan.
5. Prick dough with a fork.
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned...when immediately sprinkle remaining cup of morsels to cover....will melt quickly, then spread to cover.
7. Cut shortbread into 25, 1 & 3/4 inch squares.
8. Let cool 30 minutes in the pan before removing.