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 Flour1 cup
Sugar (super fine)1 cup
Butter1 tbsp
Cocoa1 tbsp
Sweet Chocolate (grated)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