These Chocolate Shortbread Holiday Cutout Cookies are rich, buttery and perfectly chocolatey with just a hint of cinnamon.
Oh, please say you’re not stuffed with holiday cookies just yet.
This year I was so excited to participate in the 5th Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! These Chocolate Shortbread Holiday Cutout Cookies were the cookies I created for the swap in support of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer. The swap was hosted by my fellow food bloggers, Lindsay of Love and Olive Oil and Julie of The Little Kitchen. The brand partners for this year’s swap were Dixie Crystals, Land O Lakes and OXO who matched all donations dollar to dollar. Yay! Handling a holiday cookie swap for close to 500 food bloggers and raising over $7000 is no easy task! Hats off to Lindsay and Julie!!
These Chocolate Shortbread Holiday Cutout Cookies are a favorite of mine, because #1 they’re shortbread, #2 they’re chocolate shortbread and #3 they’re dipped in even more chocolate! It’s a win-win-win friends! HO-HO-HO as Santa would say!
They are rich, buttery and perfectly chocolatey with a little hint of cinnamon. The holidays would not be complete at our house without some of these special cookies to munch on. I know cutout cookies take a little more work, but festive shapes and sprinkles spell “Holiday” with a capital H, so they’re totally worth it!
Enjoy friends and please head back to the BHK this Saturday for a yummy “Simple Saturday” recipe!
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cups unsweetened Dutch process cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups 3 sticks unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 8 oz. white chocolate chopped and melted (I use Ghirardelli Premium white chocolate baking bars)
- non pareils or sprinkles for decorating
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer combine flour, cocoa powder, confectioner's sugar, cinnamon and salt.
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Add butter and vanilla and mix until dough comes together.
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Shape the dough into three equal portions.
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Roll one portion of dough out onto a floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness.
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Cut out shapes using cookie cutter of choice.
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Place on parchment lined baking sheets 1 inch apart.
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Bake 15-17 minutes.
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Repeat with remaining dough.
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Cool cookies completely on wire racks.
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While cookies are cooling, melt chopped white chocolate in microwave safe bowl in 30 seconds intervals until smooth.
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Dip top of cookie into melted chocolate and place on parchment paper to set. Sprinkle tops with non pareils or sprinkles of your choice.
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Let set for 30 minutes-1 hour.
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Store at room temperature in airtight container.
So pretty and festive! I’ll take a dozen ;)
Thanks Jennifer!
These look so great mare!
Thanks so much Boo! You need to make some for the boys!
Yay to raising money! And double yay when the way it’s raised is through food, especially cookies! These chocolate shortbread cookies are too cute, Mary Ann! I love cutout cookies… and sprinkles, so these are definately winning! Cheers to a fabulous day. My dear! Pinned! Xo
I know! It’s such a great cause Cheyanne! Thanks so much!
These were adorable and so tasty! We loved getting them! Merry Christmas!
So glad! Enjoy the holidays!
These are so delightful and pretty Mary Ann!! Cheers to dunking these in hot cocoa and supporting such an amazing organization!
Yes! Cheers Lauren! Loved your Cranberry Thumbprints too!
These are so adorable! I just love them! Shortbread is a favorite of mine so I need to try these! Have a great week.
Mine too Jessica! Enjoy!
Yay to the cookie swap and the amount of money raised – what a wonderful idea! And Yay for these cookies, Mary Ann – love chocolate shortbread and they are decorated so cute! Happy holidays to you and your family!
Yes, such a wonderful cause! Thanks so much Geraldine. Happy Holidays to you too!
Congratulations on your cookie swap and raising money for such s worthy cause. Your cookies look delicious Mary Ann. Happy Holidays to you and your family .
Thanks so much Gerlinde! It was lots of work for Lindsay and Julie I’m sure, but so worth it for such a great cause. You have a wonderful holiday too!
These are so gorgeous Mary Ann! My brother and I actually sell Christmas trees in December, so maybe I should be selling Christmas tree cookies alongside in future years to add to the festivities…
Congratulations on the cookie swap too! x
Thanks so much Claudia! I think your customers would LOVE them! Enjoy the holiday!
I am nowhere close to being done with cookies yet! I love baking, decorating, giving, and eating cookies! These are sooooo cute! I love the little bit of dipped with sprinkles!
Thanks so much Kathy! Hope you enjoy these!
There’s no such thing as too many Christmas cookies in my opinion! These are super pretty, and actually remind me of frosted animal cookies, because of the teeny sprinkles and white chocolate coating! I love it!
Thanks so much Lindsey! Yes, I think I’ll enjoy holiday cookies now and worry about extra time at the gym in January!