Chocolate Shortbread

Name: Chocolate Shortbread
Yield: Makes 16 wedges
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; ¼ cup (¾ ounce), unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; ½ cup (2 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar (optional)

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At its simplest, shortbread contains just four ingredients—flour, sugar, salt, and butter—and should feature an ultrafine, sandy texture.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Everything Chocolate

SERVESMakes 16 wedges

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Everything Chocolate

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We had our sights set on a rich chocolate shortbread, but with so few ingredients we wondered if the addition of chocolate would throw off this careful balance. Indeed it did: When we tried mixing melted bittersweet chocolate into our stand...

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