Recipe

November 8, 2017

After Eight Shortbread Thins

Recipe: Kristen Eppich

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 2 1⁄2 hours, including resting time

Ingredients

  • 1⁄3 cup rice flour
  • 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
  • 1 1⁄2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 1⁄2 cups unsalted butter at room temperature, cubed
  • 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
  • After Eight chocolates

Directions

Yield: Makes 35 to 40 cookies

Make Dough

  1. Stir rice flour with all-purpose flour and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
  2. Add butter and sugar to large bowl and beat with handheld electric mixer until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
  3. Add dry ingredients and mix on low until just combined. Shape into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 2 hours or until ready to use.

Cut And Bake Cookies

  1. Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven. Preheat to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Divide dough in half. Roll out one half on lightly floured surface to 1⁄2-cm thickness. Cut dough into 2″-diam. rounds.
  3. Transfer to baking sheets, about 1″ apart. Bake 8 minutes then rotate pans and bake 8 more minutes. Open oven and top each cookie with one After Eight chocolate. Close oven and bake 1 more minute.

Finish Cookies

  1. Remove from oven and let cool on tray 5 minutes. Transfer to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough and chocolates.
Photographer:

Stacey Brandford

Source:

House & Home December 2016