Chocolate Striped Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies
Soft yet crisp and filled with peanut buttery goodness, these shortbread cookies are dipped and drizzled into chocolate to create an epic Chocolate Striped Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookie. I dare you to eat just one.
In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) beat the butter and peanut butter at medium-high speed for about 1-2 minutes. Add in the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix for another 3 minutes to combine.
In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, cornstarch, and salt. Add about half of this mixture to your butter mixture and mix to combine. Add in the remaining flour and beat on medium until the dough comes together.
Divide the dough into four portions. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Lightly flour your work surface. Roll one portion of the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Use two circle cookie cutters* or a 2 1/2 inch doughnut cutter to cut out the circles. Place 1 inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Reroll scraps as needed.
Bake for 14-15 minutes or until just barely golden brown. Cool on the cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
In the meantime, melt the chocolate and shortening in a double boiler. (A medium saucepan with about an inch of water topped with a heatproof bowl.) Melt and stir until smooth, then remove from the heat.
Line your work surface with wax paper. Dip the bottoms of the cookies into the melted chocolate and place them on the wax paper. Add the remaining chocolate to a piping bag (or plastic baggie) and drizzle the tops of the cookies with stripes of chocolate. Let stand until the chocolate is set.
Pack and store in an airtight container.
Notes
*You can find the circle cookie cutters I used HERE and the star cookie cutters I used HERE.For the circles, I used the 2 1/2-inch diameter cutter and the 3/4-inch cutter. For the stars, I used the largest cutter and the smallest cutter.