Chocolate-vanilla shortbread cookies

Delicious shortbread cookies with vanilla and chocolate flavors. These cookies are made from shortcrust pastry of two colors. Here you can get creative and come up with cookies with different designs. I suggest baking cookies in the shape of spirals and chess pieces.
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Sophia JonesSophia Jones
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Chocolate-vanilla shortbread cookies
Calories
259Kcal
Protein
5gram
Fat
14gram
Carbs
28gram
*Nutritional value of 1 serving

Ingredients

ServingsServings: 20
150g
0.25teaspoon
0.5teaspoon
150g
0.25teaspoon
3tablespoon

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking timeCooking time: 1 hr 20 mins
  1. STEP 1

    STEP 1

    Ingredients for white vanilla dough.

  2. STEP 2

    STEP 2

    Knead the butter, softened in advance at room temperature.

  3. STEP 3

    STEP 3

    Add powdered sugar and mix.

  4. STEP 4

    STEP 4

    Add the egg and mix well. Add slaked soda.

  5. STEP 5

    STEP 5

    Sift the flour, mix with vanilla and add it in parts to the butter mixture. Don't rush to pour out all the flour at once.

  6. STEP 6

    STEP 6

    The dough should be soft, elastic, and should not stick to your hands. It is possible that a little flour may remain, it depends on its quality. I have about 2 tables left. spoons.

  7. STEP 7

    STEP 7

    Divide the vanilla dough into 2 parts and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

  8. STEP 8

    STEP 8

    In the meantime, let's prepare the chocolate-colored cocoa dough.

  9. STEP 9

    STEP 9

    We take flour on table 3. There are fewer spoons, since we still have cocoa from the bulk ingredients. Sift flour and cocoa and mix.

  10. STEP 10

    STEP 10

    Knead the chocolate dough in the same way as vanilla (see steps 2-6).

  11. STEP 11

    STEP 11

    Divide the chocolate dough into 2 parts and cool. To save time, you can put it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.

  12. STEP 12

    STEP 12

    First we make cookies with a spiral pattern. Take out one part vanilla and one part chocolate dough. Roll out thin light and dark layers.

  13. STEP 13

    STEP 13

    Using a rolling pin, carefully place the dark layer on top of the light layer.

  14. STEP 14

    STEP 14

    Roll it up. Cool in the freezer for about 30 minutes so that the cookies do not wrinkle when cutting.

  15. STEP 15

    STEP 15

    Let's play chess. We take out the remaining parts of the dough. Divide the light dough. Roll out one part into a thin layer.

  16. STEP 16

    STEP 16

    From the other part of the vanilla dough and from the chocolate dough, cut into bars equal in length to the width of the light layer.

  17. STEP 17

    STEP 17

    We lay the blocks in a checkerboard pattern.

  18. STEP 18

    STEP 18

    Carefully roll up and cool well. If there are small leftovers of dark and light dough, you can make marbled cookies. To do this, simply combine the leftovers together, stir and also cool.

  19. STEP 19

    STEP 19

    When the rolls have hardened, cut the cookies 1 cm wide. These are spirals.

  20. STEP 20

    STEP 20

    We also cut chessboards.

  21. STEP 21

    STEP 21

    Place cookies on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 220 degrees. 15-20 minutes.

  22. STEP 22

    STEP 22

    The fragrant cookies are ready.

  23. STEP 23

    STEP 23

    Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

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Ira
05.08.2023
5
Julia, oh, what cute little cookies! How beautiful and appetizing they look and how easy it turns out to be to create such a miracle! And yummy mmm...shortbread with vanilla and a hint of chocolate! Thank you very much for the recipe and option for making such original cookies!
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Anna Petrovna
05.08.2023
4.7
I baked these cookies, they turned out not as beautiful as yours, but very tasty, thank you!!!
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Oksana
05.08.2023
4.7
Very tasty cookies, I often made these at home when I was a child.