Chocolate Chip Shortbread Bars
I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing?!
Soft, buttery shortbread bars with mini chocolate chips! While it is optional, I prefer to dip these bars in dark chocolate for that something extra! These chocolate chip shortbread bars are truly delicious, with a hint of almond extract for extra flavor. They are simple to make a large batch of, freeze well, and always impress the crowd you are feeding (even if that crowd is you!).
The Ingredients
Shortbread cookies are a really simple cookie recipe to make, because they are egg-free! If you have any egg allergies, then these are your cookie! The soft, butter shortbread cookie is held together simply from the butter and there is no need for eggs as a binder.
Ingredients for this recipe include unsalted butter, natural almond extract, powdered (icing) sugar, all purpose, unbleached flour, and lots of chocolate. A mix of mini milk chocolate chips and dark chocolate for dipping is my personal favorite.
The Steps
This recipe starts similarly to most cookie recipes. In an electric stand mixer, combine your butter, powdered sugar, flour and almond extract and beat this for about 2-3 minutes until it is not only thoroughly combined but also has a light, fluffy element to it.
Fold in your chocolate chips and then transfer the batter to a lined loaf pan. I love small batch recipes, and we cook this in a loaf pan for just that reason.
Bake these beauties up, slice them and then dip in melted dark chocolate. Once dipped I will stick them on a parchment paper and put them in the fridge to set. If you want to freeze these, I would recommend doing so before dipping in chocolate!
Chocolate Chip Shortbread Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1.75 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp natural almond extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 8 oz dark chocolate for dipping, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Celsius and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
- Mix together the sugar, butter, almond extract and flour all in one bowl, whisking and folding until well combined.
- Add in the chocolate chips and fold.
- Transfer to your lined loaf pan and press into pan. Feel free to sprinkle some more chocolate chips on top.
- Bake for 25-28 minutes. Let this cool completely before slicing into 12 bars and dipping in melted dark chocolate. Let these sit in the fridge for 20 after dipping for the melted chocolate to set.
If you love these bars as much as I do, let me know! Write a review, tag me on Instagram, or send me an email with a photo of your creation. I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Happy baking!