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White Chocolate Dipped Lemon Shortbread
Classic buttery shortbread with an upgrade of bright fresh lemon flavor, sweet white chocolate and crisp pistachios. A delicious holiday cookie!
👥 26 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- oven
- baking sheet
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer cream together butter, sugar, lemon zest and salt.
2
Mix in lemon juice and vanilla extract.
(226g) unsalted butter, (softened)1 cupfresh lemon juice2 tsp(284g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)2 cupsvanilla extract1 tsp
3
Add flour and mix until well combined (it will seem sandy at first but keep mixing and it will come together well).
4
Scoop dough out and compress dough with your hands (so they're aren't any holes in the middle).
5
Shape into a 10-inch log on a lightly floured surface.
6
Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and chill ⏱️ 2 hours or until firm.
7
Preheat oven to 350 degrees during last ⏱️ 15 minutes of chilling.
8
Remove dough from refrigerator and slice log into 1/3-inch thick slices. Transfer 12 slices to ungreased 18 by 13-inch baking sheet and bake until bottoms are lightly golden and cookies are set, about ⏱️ 13 - 16 minutes.
9
Keep remaining dough chilled. Repeat process with remaining dough, adding slices to a clean, cool baking sheet.
10
Let cookies cool on baking sheet ⏱️ 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
11
Once cool melt vanilla candy melts or white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in ⏱️ 30 second increments, stirring well between intervals until melted and smooth.
12
Dip half of each cooking in candy melts, shake off excess, then transfer to a sheet or parchment paper. Sprinkle with chopped pistachios before is starts to set.
13
Let set then store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts
calories
164 kcal
fat Content
9 g
serving Size
1 serving
sugar Content
9 g
sodium Content
29 mg
protein Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
18 mg
carbohydrate Content
18 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
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