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Dark Chocolate Orange Shortbread

Recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks of unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • Zest of 2 oranges about 3 tablespoons
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/3 cups flour
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chopped into tiny pieces

Instructions

  • 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease 2 9 inch cake pans.
  • 2. Place the sugar and orange zest in a bowl. Rub the zest in with your fingers. In the bowl of a mixer, cream together butter, sugar/orange mix, salt, and vanilla.
  • 3. Chop chocolate. You want the pieces a little smaller than chocolate chips.
  • 4. Beat the flour and the chocolate with the butter mixture, until well combined.
  • 5. Divide the dough in half and press in prepared cake pans. Make sure each pan is even. Smooth the surface and prick the dough with a fork.
  • 6. Bake for 40 minutes, until golden brown on the edges. Remove and loosen the edges with a knife.
  • 7. Wait five minutes, then carefully place the shortbread out onto a clean work surface, all in one piece.
  • 8. Using a pizza wheel or knife, cut into wedges. Do this while it is still warm so you can cut it. Transfer wedges to a cooling rack.