Shortbread Wheels

Serves: 5

Imelda VonRueden

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

50

Sweetness

48

Sourness

37

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.125 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1 cup

Butter

1 tbsp

Cocoa

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C)

2

Sift all but 2 tablespoons of flour into a bowl, then add the sugar

3

Rub, or cut in butter until the mixture is crumbly

4

Divide in half

5

Work in the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour to one half, then the cocoa and ground chocolate to the other half

6

Knead each portion well with your fingers to form a smooth dough

7

Turn onto a lightly dusted with cornstarch surface, and roll out each portion to 1/4 inch thick circles

8

Using a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out 7 circles from each piece of rolled out dough

9

Out of these circles, cut two more circles, one 1 1/4 inch, and one 3/4 inch

10

Now you should have fourteen 2 1/2 inch rings, fourteen 1 1/2 inch rings and fourteen 3/4 inch circles

11

Construct wheels on greased baking sheets by starting with the largest rings, then alternating the colors to fill in

12

You should end up with 7 cookies that have a chocolate ring on the outside, a plain ring in the middle and a chocolate circle in the center; and 7 cookies that have a plain ring on the outside, a chocolate ring in the middle and a plain circle in the center

13

Bake for 12 minutes

14

Leave on sheets for 2 minutes, then remove with a flat knife

15

Cool completely on wire racks