Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2009

love this recipe I made it with my 6 yo and she had a lot of fun. they came out so pretty. we used Halloween cutters. the flavor is great. I will made theses cookies again and again.

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Desiree

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Living In: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2009

i did not like these. i found them to taste kind of bitter and i love dark chocolate so that was weird. i would not make these again.

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*Lisa*

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2009

Taking the advice of others I increased the cocoa by ¼ cup and decreased the flour by the same amount. Very good!

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cookin'mama

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Home Town: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Living In: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2009

Delicious chocolatey cookie! I did take the advice of other reviewers and increased the cocoa for my double batch by 1/2 C and decreased the flour by the same. These turned out wonderfully, and it's too bad I'm selling them, because my kids can't keep their hands off of them!

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Muffinmom

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Living In: Syracuse, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2009

Love this recipe. A bit of salt on top of the cookie, without chocolate on top, really brings out the chocolaty flavor.

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Iz

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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2009

These turned out perfectly. We made them exactly as shown in the picture, cut into hearts and sandwiched with pink tinted frosting.I did find the dough needed a fair bit of dusting with flour to prevent sticking. About half way through I switched to cocoa for dusting to avoid too much white in the dough. Loved them!!

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LISAMONIQUE

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Home Town: Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2009

These were pretty good, not as sweet as I'd expected. I took other reviewers advice and upped the cocoa powder -- maybe next time I'll not and see if they're any sweeter. I like my chocolate goods not as sweet (hence the 4 stars), but I married a sugar addict.

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Kate

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2009

Wonderful receipe, made the cookies for my son's 2nd birthday, all the mums loved it and asked me for this recipe. Just watch out that you don't bake the cookies too long or they will dry out. For me 8 minutes was enough - as soon as the top looked a bit dry I took them out. They were still a bit soft but hardened well when they cooled off.

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Polarmist

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Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2009

Don't roll too thin. Use extra 1/4C choc in place of 1/4C flour.

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

This is a great recipe. I followed some of the raters advice and added more cocoa and baked for 7 minutes and wow!I melted and swirled some dark and white chocolate over the cut out cookies.My testers said the cookies tasted more like brownies and not so much like shortbread.The cookies did not last very long...Delicious.

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Sandrina

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008

this is a great chocolate shortbread cookie recipe. The taste is very chocolatey and is exactly what a shortbread cookie should taste like. If you are looking for real shortbread cookie recipe- this is a good one to try. Keeping in mind that shortbread cookies are not supposed to be chewy or intense in flavor. This cookie turns out firm, yet soft and has a great chocolate taste without being overly sweet. One thing to try is melting white chocolate chips to drizzle over the cookies- It makes them look very pretty. And don't overcook them- 7-8mins. is ideal depending on how big a cut out you use, they will continue cooking on the cookie sheet as they cool. thank you for a great recipe.

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Reviewed: May 2, 2008

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.

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Skitch

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2007

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.

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Courtney214

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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2007

An Excellant cut out cookie.

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D Novello

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Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2007

Not terrible, but definitely not the best.

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Eliece

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Home Town: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2007

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.

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Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2007

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.

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mayura

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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2007

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!

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Reviewed: May 7, 2007

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.

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KARENGANELEE

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2007

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!

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