Chocolate Dipped Christmas Shortbread Cookies Recipe

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This easy Chocolate Dipped Christmas Shortbread Cookies recipe takes the traditional cookie to another level by dipping them in white chocolate and adding cute holly candies.

I couldn’t get enough of these holly candies after I posted this Christmas Holly Marshmallows recipe.

As soon as Thanksgiving is over, I am in the Christmas mood. I put up my tree and decorations, sing along to Christmas music, and start the long process of gathering and sorting my Christmas cookie recipes and making a shopping list. These Chocolate Dipped Christmas Shortbread Cookies are always on the top. Who doesn’t love that buttery shortbread?!

Shortbread Cookies Ingredients

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Shortbread Cookies don’t require a lot of ingredients. Many of these items are probably already in your pantry.

• pastry flour
• unsalted butter
• salt
• pure maple syrup
• white sugar
• white chocolate melting wafers
• Holly candies

How to Make Shortbread Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookies don’t require a lot of steps but do require some patience as they have two chilling steps. Waiting is the worst part!

1. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer and a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar and maple syrup together until smooth.
2. Slowly mix in the flour, sifted if you prefer, and salt until just well incorporated.
3. Cover and chill for about 10 minutes in the fridge.
4. Roll out the dough on parchment paper so it is just about ¼ inch thick. Place the tray in the freezer for 10 minutes.
5. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
6. Use a sharp knife to cut the dough or a favorite cookie cutter. The chilled dough should cut cleanly, offering up really tidy edges.
7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of the cookies. Keep an eye on them and remove them from the oven before they start to brown.
8. Place them on a cooling rack while you melt the white chocolate to package instructions.
9. Dip one half of each cookie into the melted white chocolate and set on a tray. Finish with the sprinkles.
10. Let the chocolate set or you can speed up the process by placing the tray in the fridge for a few minutes.

Tips for Christmas Maple Shortbread Cookies

If your dough is soft and sticky, let it chill for a few more minutes. If it is still too soft to roll out, place parchment paper on top of the dough and press out with your hands. 

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Author: Emily Pecoraro

This easy shortbread recipe takes the traditional cookie to another level by dipping them in white chocolate and adding cute holly candies.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Additional Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Servings 75

Calories 46 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 ¼ cups pastry flour
• ▢ 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ▢ ¾ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ cup pure maple syrup
• ▢ ¼ cup white sugar
• ▢ 1/2 cup white chocolate melting wafers
• ▢ holly candies

Instructions

 

• In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer and a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar and maple syrup together until smooth.
• Slowly mix in the flour, sifted if you prefer, and salt until just well incorporated.
• Cover and chill for about 10 minutes in the fridge.
• Roll out the dough on parchment paper so it is just about ¼ inch thick.
• Place the tray in the freezer for 10 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Use a sharp knife to cut the dough or a favorite cookie cutter. The chilled dough should cut cleanly, offering up really tidy edges.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of the cookies. Keep an eye on them and remove them from the oven before they start to brown.
• Place them on a cooling rack while you melt the white chocolate to package instructions.
• Dip one half of each cookie into the melted white chocolate and set on a tray. Finish with the sprinkles.
• Let the chocolate set or you can speed up the process by placing the tray in the fridge for a few minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 46kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 25mgPotassium: 19mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 76IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.1mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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