It’s time for some shortbread! Shortbread cookies are so easy to make and a holiday classic! At their base they are a simple mixture of butter, sugar and flour and there is something that is just magical about how these buttery cookies melt in your mouth! Yum! In addition to making plenty of batches of basic shortbread I like to add different flavours to several batches each holiday season and these chocolate orange rosemary shortbread are my current favourite! The orange and dark chocolate flavour combo is a classic and it works so amazingly well in creamy shortbread cookies with the hint of rosemary adding something really special to mix! These chocolate orange rosemary shortbread cookies are an amazing addition to any holiday cookie platter and they make for an excellent gift, from the heart!
Chocolate Orange Rosemary Shortbread
The magical flavour combination of orange and chocolate in let in your mouth, buttery shortbread cookies with a hint of rosemary!
ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2 teaspoons rosemary, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch*
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup candied orange peel, diced
directions
- Cream the butter and sugar before mixing in the vanilla extract, orange zest and rosemary.
- Mix the flour, cornstarch and salt.
- Mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture until just combined and mix in the chocolate and candied orange peel.
- Form into the desire shape, about 1/4 inch thick, place them on a parchment lined baking pan and bake in a preheated 325F/170C oven until they just start to turn lightly golden brown on the bottom, about 10-15 minutes.
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I've got to give these a try, these look delicious!
I LOVE the addition of rosemary!
Would it work to use dried rosemary?
I loveee orange and rosemary together. These sound just delightful!
Sues
I gotta try this out! Looks delicious!
Great idea ! Thank you ! Happy Holidays !
Ahhhh, love these flavors together! Perfection!!
Love the rosemary in these cookies!
Anonymous: Fresh rosemary works best but chopped dry rosemary should be good.
This looks scrumptious!
Oh, Kevin! So delicious! I can literally almost taste them!
These are probably some of the best cookies I have eaten in my entire life – thank you so much for the recipe, the taste is so stunningly complex and delicate at the same time… my family wants these every week now :-))
Do I use unsalted or salted butter?
Thank you!
That should be unsalted butter. Enjoy!
Thank you, this recipe ist great! The Cookies are delicious, even with vegan butter 🙂
These are amazing! We loved them so much and ate them so fast I had to make a second batch a few days later. Lol. Also, I’ll be planting rosemary in my garden this year just so I can make more whenever I want. Thanks for a great recipe!
These are great! I used less rosemary but it was still nice and subtle. For some reason mine needed 30mins in the oven, but that might be because I used vegan butter. The flavor is great, and will definitely make them again!
Question: is your candied orange peel dry or in syrup?
I use dried candied orange peel but you can pat excess syrup off of wet ones with a towel and use them!