Best Cocoa Shortbread Diamonds Recipes

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Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes about 14

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 ounces best-quality white chocolate, coarsely chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Pulse flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter and vanilla, and process until mixture comes together. Shape the dough into a ball.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick; cut out shapes with a 3 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch diamond-shape cookie cutter. Space 1 1/2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake cookies until firm to the touch, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on wire racks.
Melt white chocolate, stirring, in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Drizzle chocolate over tops of cookies. Let set before serving, about 30 minutes.

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Provided by Jordan Falco

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 c all purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1/2 c confectioners' sugar
1/4 c unsweetened dutch process cocoa powder
1/4 tsp coarse salt
1 stick cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 oz white chocolate coarsely chopped (optional)

Steps:

1. preheat oven to 300F.
2. Pulse flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter nad vanilla, and process until mixture comes togeather. Shape the dough into a ball.
3. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surfact to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out shapes with diomond shaped cookie cutter, or using a pizza cutter. Space 1 1/2 inches apart on baking sheets lined iwth parchment paper. Bake cookies until firm to the touch. 20-25 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on wire racks.
4. If desired, melt white chocolate, stirring, in a heat proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Drizzle chocolate over tops of cookies. Let set 30 minutes.