Toffee Meltaway Shortbread

Looking for a melt in your mouth cookie that will satisfy your sweet tooth.  Even those of you whose go-to cookie of choice normally contains chocolate may be converted to a chocolate free treat.

These little mounds of whipped shortbread peppered with toffee bits will melt in your mouth and are the perfect few bites at the end of a meal or just because. 

Melt in Your Mouth Shortbread!

One of the best things about these cookies is the fact you just scoop and bake.  No chilling in the fridge first, no patting or rolling out and then cutting into shapes.  Just a few minutes spent mixing the butter, sugar and vanilla really well then adding the dry ingredients then the toffee bits and voila! a delicious cookie that will get rave reviews.

As always, make sure your butter is at room temperature and use pure vanilla extract not artifical vanilla extract.  I use toffee bits but chocolate toffee bits would work just as well if you must have your chocolate hit.  Give them a try and I bet they become one of your favourites! 

Toffee Meltaway Shortbread

Preheat oven to 350F.  Parchment line 2 cookie sheets.

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup corn starch
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup toffee bits

Beat the butter, icing sugar and vanilla in the large mixing bowl of a stand mixer for several minutes until mixture is creamy.   In a separate bowl mix the flour, corn starch, baking powder and salt together.  Add to creamed mixture in 2 batches and mix.  Add in toffee bits and mix in well...this will only take a few seconds.

The dough will come together nicely! 

Roll heaping tablespoons of dough into balls and place about 2-inches apart on lined baking sheets.  I use a medium or small icecream scoop and just plop the dough onto the baking sheets.

Bake about 15 minutes until bottoms are nicely browned.  Let cool slightly and remove from sheets.  Enjoy!

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