| Total: | 2 hr 15 min |
| Prep: | 2 hr |
| Cook: | 15 min |
| Yield: | Makes about 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Pinch salt
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the flour and salt and work the mixture with your fingers or a pastry blender until all the flour is incorporated. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
- When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll half the dough until it’s 1/4-inch thick. Using a small knife, cut out finger-sized strips, about 3 inches tall, rounding each finger at the top as shown. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Roll and cut the second half of the dough, and place the baking sheets in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. You can gather together scraps and re-roll them.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until the shortbread is very lightly golden. Do not let the cookies brown. Remove to a wire rack and cool.
- When the cookies are completely cool, melt the chocolate chips in the microwave in a heatproof bowl for 1 minutes. The chips may look unmelted, but stir them with a spoon to see if they have actually softened before putting them in for another minute, if necessary.
- Spoon the melted chocolate into a zipper-lock bag. Seal the bag, pressing out any air. Use a toothpick to make a very tiny hole in one corner of the bag to release a thin stream of chocolate for writing. Decorate the fingers by piping a fingernail at the rounded end, and three horizontal lines to mark the joint at mid-finger. Decorate tombstones with crosses and writing as desired. Allow the chocolate to set before stacking the cookies.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 84 |
| Total Fat | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg |
| Sodium | 7 mg |
Reviews
Was there any reason for the insults to the cheerleader? Do you know how old the cheerleader is? I think it is wonderful that a young girl took time out of her life to bake cookies, and hopefully she did not read the post by the mean person. There is know reason for anyone to critique what someone writes on this website especially when you can tell that a child was responsible for the post you should feel ashamed of your self. I hope you don’t have children. You probably have know social life or you may feel that you are inadequate which causes you to strike out and take your inner weaknesses out on others.
SHAME ON YOU!
Maybe you should spend less time cheering and more time studying. Don’t be “mad” but your spelling and grammar are FAR from “excelent”. I will try it for “treak” or treaters, they look great. ( By the way, it’s D-E-F-E-N-S-E.)
I loved this recipe my kids just loved it!
I am the head of my cheerleading team and we all had a party at my house. at first when i was searching for a recipe i thought i would never find one but then i thought to look on food net work. then i found this recipie and at first the cheerleaders got scared but then told them that they we cookies and that i mad them. they thought they were excelent. i even mad them for the treak or treaters. i had to make 20 baches of cookies. everyone loved them!!!