Buttery and crumbly cookies…..just writing about them makes my mouth water!

Do you ever get that craving for something, but you don’t even know what it is? 😅 Well, a few days ago I had a craving for something, and after some thought, I ended up making a batch of chocolate shortcrust pastry and prepared myself some buttery, crumbly, chocolatey, and super tasty chocolate butter cookies.

Chocolate butter cookies are easy and quick to make, you just need the patience to wait for the pastry to rest, but I assure you it’s worth it because when you bake them, your home will be filled with the aroma of chocolate.

A few ingredients for a must-try recipe that you’ll never leave behind.

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Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Very Affordable
Rest time: 30 Minutes
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: About 40 cookies
Cooking methods: Oven

Ingredients

4 tbsp butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
3.5 oz dark chocolate
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk (about 20 grams)
1/4 tsp baking powder

Tools

Below you’ll find links to some tools used to make the recipe

1 Scale
1 Pastry Board
1 Cookie Cutter
1 Baking Tray
1 Small Pot
1 Rolling Pin

Let’s Start!

Let’s prepare the chocolate shortcrust pastry by melting the dark chocolate in a double boiler or microwave. If using the double boiler method, be careful not to let any water into the chocolate pot. While the chocolate melts, prepare the rest of the dough. Rub the butter with the flour by placing them in a mixer and running it for a couple of minutes until the flour resembles grated cheese. Then transfer it to a work surface, make a well in the center, add the remaining ingredients, and knead quickly to avoid heating the butter too much. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least half an hour.
Take the dough out of the fridge. If it’s too hard, work it slightly to soften it. On a lightly floured board, roll out a portion of the dough to a thickness of about 1/5 inch (half a centimeter) and cut it with a cookie cutter. Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Continue cutting cookies until all the dough is used.
Bake in a preheated oven at a temperature of 340-355°F (170-180°C) for 13-15 minutes, depending on your oven and the thickness of the cookies.
When you take them out of the oven, they will be soft, don’t worry, they will firm up as they cool and will be fantastic. Remember to photograph them and post them on social media, tagging me to let me know how they turned out.