Good chocolate shortbread! I tried them as sandwiches, with the chocolate drizzle and with a bit of icing on top and everyone prefers something different! I also substituted in the 1/4 cup cocoa for same amount of flour and that did the trick.

I couldn't even form these into balls, let alone roll it out! I have given this recipe 2 tries and came up with the same thing twice, a garbage can full of cookie dough.

An Excellant cut out cookie.

Not terrible, but definitely not the best.

5 stars with regards of ease for preparation. 3 stars for chocolately flavor. Good recipe for mother's of toddlers. I rolled the dough into balls and made thumbprints and put chocolate chips in thumbprints. When cookies came out of the oven, I spread out the melted chocolate, doesn't look as pretty as drizling chocolate, but is a time saver.

Smelled lovely, and cookies baked up crisp. Maybe I rolled it out too thin? The dough was quite easy to work with / roll out though.

These cookies are terribly dry. I took them to a party and they got referred to as doggie cookies. They tasted a little better dipped in chocolate. Would not recommend this cookie!

Substituted 1/2 c more cocoa for 1/2 c flour, added pinch of baking soda. Melted the butter, mixed the wet ingredients, sifted the dry ingredients together, added the dry to the wet. Chilled it for about 30 minutes. Rolled 1/4 inch thick. 1 1/2 inch heart cookies took 6 minutes, 3 inch heart cookies took 8 minutes. These are sturdy enough to use in cookie bouquets. I did not add chocolate, but piped icing. Excellent flavor. They are better after several hours rather than straight out of the oven.

Very good cookies! I softened the butter instead of cutting it in- much less work and they turned out wonderful. I took SugarPlum's advice and increased the cocoa (by 1/4 cup) and decreased the flour by the same amount. I'm glad I did- the chocolate flavor is perfect for me. Used organic cocoa and one cup whole wheat pastry flour. Dough was a tiny bit sticky so I stuck it in the fridge for 20 minutes and rolled it out between wax paper. Cut into heart shapes and frosted with pink frosting (Decorator Frosting from this site) for Valentine's Day. I found between 7.5 -8 minutes to be the pefect baking time, depending on how thick the cookies were. My babies helped me make these and LOVED it!

I just came back to get this recipe because I lost it and I use it every Christmas to make our "Perfect Men" cookies: gingerbread men made of chocolate shortbread. We love this recipe, but we change it just a little. We use 1/2 cup extra cocoa and 1/2 cup less of flour. This way, the dough is the same consistency, but flavor is much more chocolatey. Thanks for a great recipe!

This recipe made gorgeous cookies for our First Communion reception! I formed the cookies using a chalice cookie cutter, then dipped the bottoms in Ghirardelli mint chocolate and "frosted" the tops with a raspberry glaze. Passing this recipe along has been a request gladly fulfilled!

The cookie is okay but not at all "extra chocolaty". The texture is good. I own a cookie business and was trying out a few chocolate shortbread recipes. The search continues!

soooooooooooooo good! But...,my inexperienced friend( it was her first time making cookies) thought it was too dry and added milk...so it wasn't really a shortbread cookie in the end, but it tasted great! It was a bit gooey and ever so chocolately!!! The chocolate chips didn't really melt very well, and we accidentally burnt a little bit. It was more of a paste instead of something that you could dip in, so we kind of spread it on like butter. It tasted really good though and it's quite easy to make. (believe me, we succeeded and we are real cooking beginners. We can mess up even the simplest recipe...but, man they tasted good!) Even my mom who is really health conscious and looks down on fattening treats loved these and actually complpimented us (which is rare) Soopooh and friends ^_^

I made these and brought them to the office--they were a big hit. Also, I used regular cocoa with a bit of baking powder as the recipe suggests, and they turned out fine!

OK, but not great. Lacked the crispness you expect from a shortbread cookie, and flavor was average. Dough was sticky and needed refrigeration before rolling. Plain melted chocolate chips don't have the right consistency for drizzling or dipping (would perhaps need to add a little shortening) - so I ended up spreading it on with a spoon. Best with small, simple shaped cookie cutters. Very attractive cookie. I also did some small hearts where I frosted half with white chocolate - would be lovely for Valentine's Day.

These cookies are SO good! Just a little drizzle of chocolate on the top makes them perfect; just let right sweetness. The kids loved them, too! Everyone who sampled them loved them.

I loved these cookies. I did have to chill the dough for a little while before I rolled it out. I cut the recipe in half and was able to get 2 1/2 dozen cookies. Instead of dipping them in chocolate, i used the sugar cookie frosting recipe and added cocoa to it. I heated it up before spreading it onto the cookies and it was beautiful. These are so chocolaty, they taste great with a sweet frosting.

I think these cookies rule! They were really fun and easy to make, and they baked up perfectly. A chocolate lover's DREAM!!! Oh, mama!!!