Frosted Scotch Shortbread
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Ingredients
| 1 | cup |
butter
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| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
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| ¾ | cup |
powdered sugar
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| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
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| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
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| frosting | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
butter
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| 2 | ounces |
unsweetened chocolate
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| ½ | cup |
sugar
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| ⅓ | cup |
evaporated milk
or heavy cream |
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Directions
Cream butter, salt and sugar together.
Mix in vanilla.
Add flour and mix well.
Mixture will be dry.
Roll into small balls the size of a walnut.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 300℉ (150℃) for 25 minutes.
Do not brown.
Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting: Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan.
Add sugar and cream.
Boil for 1 minute. Remove form heat.
Beat until thick enough to stick to cookie.
Dip the top of each cookie into frosting and return to cookie sheet or wire rack to set until frosting is firm.
If frosting gets too hard to dip into, add a few drops of cream.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 194g (6.8 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 92556% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 57g
88%
Saturated Fat 36g
180%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 140mg
47%
Sodium 677mg
28%
Total Carbohydrate
33g
33%
Dietary Fiber 3g
12%
Sugars g
Protein
18g
Vitamin A 32%
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Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 6%
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Iron 24%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?
