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Shortbread Wheels

By: Ruth 
"Very pretty chocolate and plain shortbread cookies."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.8 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (5)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 14 cookies
 

Ingredients

  • 1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup super fine sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon 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. Rub, or cut in butter until the mixture is crumbly. Divide in half. Work in the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour to one half, then the cocoa and ground chocolate to the other half. Knead each portion well with your fingers to form a smooth dough.
  3. Turn onto a lightly dusted with cornstarch surface, and roll out each portion to 1/4 inch thick circles. Using a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out 7 circles from each piece of rolled out dough. Out of these circles, cut two more circles, one 1 1/4 inch, and one 3/4 inch. Now you should have fourteen 2 1/2 inch rings, fourteen 1 1/2 inch rings and fourteen 3/4 inch circles.
  4. Construct wheels on greased baking sheets by starting with the largest rings, then alternating the colors to fill in. 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.
  5. Bake for 12 minutes. Leave on sheets for 2 minutes, then remove with a flat knife. Cool completely on wire racks.

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Amount Per Serving  Calories: 114 | Total Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 17mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2004 by CDNLIBRA   view full review
I have made shortbread time and time and time again. With this recipie, I have never had so...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 16, 2007 by Froggy   view full review
This recipe was not the best recipe ever. The taste was okay, I guess. But the dough continued...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2004 by Hey*Jude   view full review
I wish I had read the reviews first! I had the "crumbling" problem as well. It would not...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2004 by SUPERSTAR1975   view full review
this recipe is not well written. i would not recommand this recipe to anyone.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 30, 2012 by oceanblue99   view full review
Mine did have the crumbling affect but all I did was smash it together and it worked fine

 

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