Chocolate Nougat Shortbread

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup icing sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch or 1/4 cup rice flour
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• toblerone chocolate bar (chocolate nougat candy bar)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 beat butter until light and fluffy.
• 3 sift in icing sugar and beat again until fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl often.
• 4 sift in cornstarch or rice flour and blend well.
• 5 sift in all-purpose flour and salt; mix until dough comes together. stir in vanilla.
• 6 spoon large teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheets (or parchment-lined baking sheets), leaving 2 inches in between cookies.
• 7 press triangle of chocolate bar into centre of each cookie and bake for 18-20 minutes, until bottoms brown lightly. remove from cookie sheet to cool.