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Chocolate Shortbread Cookies




Source of Recipe


From chef and author Wolfgang Puck


List of Ingredients




1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3/4cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup mascarpone for filling (a triple-creme cheese available in many supermarkets and gourmet shops)
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar for filling
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar for icing
1 tablespoon egg white for icing


Recipe



1. Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. With an electric mixer on medium speed, cream them together for 5 minutes. Add the flour and cocoa powder and beat until thoroughly combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. Preheat the oven to 350¡F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

3. On a flat, smooth work surface lightly dusted with flour, gather the dough together in a ball and, with a lightly flour-dusted rolling pin, roll the dough out to an even 1/4-inch thickness. With a football-shaped cookie cutter about 3 inches long, cut the dough into 2 dozen football shapes. (Alternatively, draw a similarly sized football freehand on a piece of cardboard as a template, placing it on top of the dough and carefully cutting around its contours with the tip of a small, sharp knife.) Transfer the cookies to the paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the sheet 180 degrees and bake another 5 minutes. Remove the sheet from the oven, transfer the cookies to a wire rack, and let them cool.

4. Get started on the cookie filling by stirring together the mascarpone and the 2 tablespoons of confectioners' sugar in a mixing bowl until well blended. Spread a little of this mixture on top of one football and top with a second football to make a sandwich. Continue spreading the mixture until all the cookies are filled.

5. To make the icing, stir together the 1 cup of confectioners' sugar and the egg white in a clean bowl until perfectly smooth. Spoon the icing into a piping bag fitted with a round number-1 tip, or spoon it into a sealable plastic bag. Using the tip, or snipping off the very tip of one corner of the plastic bag with scissors to form an opening, pipe a football lace design on the cookies. Let the icing dry before serving. Makes 1 dozen sandwiches.