I'm on my way to Utah to spend time with friends and I wanted to share these cookies with them (I have some in my carry-on) and with you. I love love sending cookies to friends, been sending a bunch this year. For birthdays, just because, broken bones or just to say hi. I love sending cookies because it's like sending a little bit of myself to friends who live too far for me to pick up the phone and say let's get coffee, let's do lunch THIS WEEK…I can't be with them in person so I'm sending them a smile.
I love sending them so much, on a whim yesterday, I posted a giveaway on both facebook and instagram…one winner on each site and I'll send a dozen of these wonderful DoubleTree Hotel Chocolate Chip Cookies! PS If you're a food blogger, be sure to sign up for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, sign ups are in full swing and we hope to beat the amount of almost $14,000 raised last year for Cookies for Kid's Cancer!
These cookies are a variation on Lindsay's cookies from the cookie swap last year. I tweaked them a little bit and added sprinkles! And chocolate!
A couple of months ago, I went to Asheville for Food Blog Forum and was fortunate to get to meet Jael (co-owner of French Broad Chocolates) and they gave all of the attendees a brick of chocolate. Seriously, amazing…they bring these cookies up another level! I told Jael I will return to Asheville and I will!
I'm seriously obsessed with this 2-cup measuring cup. I also bought a 1 1/2 and a 3 cup one too! Ever since I saw Ree mention it on her Food Network show, I had to get them. Saves a lot of time measuring!
Whisk the flour, salt and cornstarch.
Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla extract.
Add the flour in batches and mix with your hand mixer.
But just until combined, don't overmix it!
Add sprinkles! I use A LOT of them. Mix with a rubber spatula.
Split the dough in half and roll into rounded logs in plastic wrap.
Once you have a nice log…
Peel the plastic wrap and
Get a new piece of wrap and add sprinkles…because you want sprinkles on the edges of the cookies.
Chill the dough for at least three hours.
Cut them into 1/2 to 3/4-inch cookies. Place on parchment paper and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Let them cool completely before dipping them in chocolate!
Let the excess chocolate drip back into the bowl. I put them in the fridge for at least 20 minutes and for transporting or shipping, I put them in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes.
I'll bet you can't eat just one. These are my new obsession. I hope you'll make them and share them with a good friend or a family member who needs a smile.
Recipe
Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks, 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- approximately 5 to 6 Tablespoons sprinkles, nonpareils, divided (plus more for sprinkling on top of chocolate)
- 6 ounces dark chocolate
- 1 to 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening
Instructions
- Mix flour, cornstarch and salt with a whisk in a small mixing bowl.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together (until creamed) using an electric hand mixer, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add vanilla extract and mix thoroughly.
- Add dry ingredients in two batches to the butter and sugar mixture, mix until ingredients are combined (with hand mixer) but don't over mix. Add 2 1/2 Tablespoons sprinkles to the cookie dough and mix with rubber spatula.
- Split cookie dough in half. Add first half to a long pieces of plastic wrap. Shape into 7-inch logs that are about 1 1/2 inches thick. Once shaped, remove the plastic and grab a new piece of plastic, add 1/2 Tablespoons sprinkles down the length of the plastic wrap, add cookie dough log and add more sprinkles so the outsides of the cookies have enough. Roll up and refrigerate both logs for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut into 1/2 or 3/4 inch thick slices and place on parchment paper lined baking sheets for 10 to 11 minutes.
- While cookies are baking and cooling, melt chocolate and shortening in a microwave safe bowl on 50% power and in increments of 30 seconds at a time, mixing thoroughly between each heating.
- Dip cooled cookies into chocolate halfway and allow the excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl. Dip a few cookies and then add sprinkles on top of the chocolate. Chill in the refrigerator to set the chocolate for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Disclosure: I was provided chocolate by French Broad Chocolates as a conference organizer & attendee of Food Blog Forum. Opinions are always my own. There are affiliate links in this post.
Aggie @ Aggie's Kitchen says
Oh my, so much to love about these Julie!! The sprinkles are so fun and pretty – and the dipped chocolate puts them over the TOP. Beautiful!
Alicia says
I’ve got cookies on the brain right now — I’m searching for a cookie to do for the food blogger cookie swap and came across these. They look great!
Mercedes says
How adorable and delicious!
Frances Joy Barker says
I personally love shortbread cookies and they look so delicious and scrumptious I will be making these next week for sure for a Church dinner and they will be a hit I just know it oh yeah Thank You for sharing this fabulous recipe!!!!
Sincerely Frances Joy Barker…..
Sarah says
I just made these with Halloween mini sprinkles! Tiny pumpkins and black nonpareils! I used semi-sweet chocolate as a personal preference, and I used a little almond extract with the vanilla (1.5 tsp. vanilla, .5 tsp. almond) and these are just so fabulous! (I ran out of vanilla–how terrible! but this substitution works fabulously. Other shortbread recipes have called for it so I’m glad I had some on hand!)
I did some dipped, and some frosted with the chocolate on top. Both are lovely and delicious! About half of them are gone and they’ve only been out of the oven thirty minutes! Will definitely be making more!! This is going into the recipe box!
These are great for any holiday with the variations of sprinkles! Red and green for Christmas will be a big hit!
Lindsey | Cafe Johnsonia says
Anything with rainbow sprinkles! These are really cute. Putting them on the list of cookies to make with my kids for the holidays. They will flip over the sprinkles!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
I think that baked cookies are a great way to show someone you care and you are thinking about them! This is such a fun cookie recipe!
Ronda says
Sprinkles, shortbread, and chocolate how can these not be great. I am going to be adding these to the next care package I send out to my niece. Asheville is the greatest!! I love it there.
Sharana @ Living THe Sweet Life Blog says
I love sending cookies too 🙂 these are gorgeous — I’m sure anyone would be delighted to get them in the mail!!
Ginny says
These are some seriously fabulous cookies. We LOVED receiving these in the mail and promptly gobbled them up. Can’t wait to give them a try on my own now!! Thanks Julie! XO
Andrea Y says
I love sprinkles!
Millie | Add A Little says
These are so cute! I love the fun colours!
Susan says
Yummy! Any tips on shipping cookies?
Kristen says
Ack! Look what I’m missing out on not being there. Cookies!!
Meghan @ Cake 'n' Knife says
I love shortbread cookies and these are even better because… SPRINKLES!!! So much fun!!
Medeja says
These cookies look so cute and fun!
Sommer @ASpicyPerspective says
So pretty! I can’t wait to try these cookies!
Lissa @ The Flourishing Baker says
These look so great! I am all signed up for the Cookie Swap too! It’s my first year 🙂 Thanks so much for co-hosting such a great cause!
Amanda says
Love this, so fun!
Linda | Brunch with Joy says
Wow Julie! I definitely a box of these cookies now. They look fun-fetti fun, and I need a block of those French Board chocolates.
Liz @ Floating Kitchen says
Love these super fun cookies! And I’m all signed up for this years cookie swap. It was so much fun last year. I’m excited to do it again!
Mason Canyon says
The best word I can think to describe this recipe and cookies is Delicious!
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat says
I can’t wait to make these! The only thing I like more than shortbread is funfetti sprinkles. Just signed up for the cookie swap. Can’t wait!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
Officially the cutest shortbread ever. LOVE!
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says
Chocolate AND shortbread? I’ll take two dozen : )