by Katrina Hall
Member since:
January 19, 2006

Baby Toffee Shortbread Cookies

September 23, 2009 09:15 PM UTC (Updated: September 24, 2009 07:37 AM UTC)
views: 0 | 1 person recommends this | comments: 32

You can tell it's edging toward autumn when you have to dodge heaps of fallen apples from the ancient now-wild apple trees. Or when you go completely overboard when reading your friend Farmgirl's recipe for her Baby Shortbread Bites with toffee and chocolate chips. Yes indeed, like the bears, I guess I'm storing up fat for winter. Maybe I can blame it on the recent 5 hours I spent at the hospital, finding out about a back problem I didn't know I had. Whichever we choose, my response to her description of buttery, toffee-flecked mini cookies sent me straight into the kitchen. Her recipe called for both toffee bits AND mini chocolate chips, but I stayed with just the toffee , though I did drizzle some chocolate on some of the cookies.

 

 

 

Yummy, yum, yum!
Here's how to make your own:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line two baking sheets with foil, shiny side up.
Makes 44 or more mini cookies.
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/4 t. salt
2 cups King Arthur flour
1 1/2 cups toffee bits OR 3/4 c . mini-chocolate chips and 3/4 toffee bits
Cream the butter and confectioner's sugar well.
Add the vanilla and salt and mix.
Add the flour and mix until incorporated well.
Mix in the toffee bits ( or the toffee and chocolate chips).
Using a small, 1 1/2 inch ice cream scoop, scoop balls of dough onto the cookie sheets.
(Note: I always bake cookies one sheet at a time, upper third of the oven)
Bake for 17 minutes, remove to cool.
If you want to drizzle a little chocolate on them, melt some chocolate chips with a little vegetable shortening, microwave about 2 minutes or more, til chocolate is smooth and melted when stirred with a spoon. Dip a fork into the chocolate and drizzle on top of cookies.
Thanks, Farmgirl Susan!

 

Find more recipes on my blog: she's in the kitchen 

Comments: 32

They look delicious!
Katrina Hall Sep 23, 2009, 9:33pm UTC
Oh, Priscilla - wait til you taste them! Oh , my.
elizabeth evans Sep 23, 2009, 9:28pm UTC
Yum! Yum! They do look delicious. I think I would have added the chocolate chips too. Like the bears in the forest I'm all for storing up fat for the winter.

As for the back problem...hope it's not serious.
Katrina Hall Sep 23, 2009, 9:34pm UTC
If I'd had the mini-chips, I would've gone for it, elizabeth - next time. I'm with the bears, and you - the more yummers, the better.
Madame Donna C. Sep 23, 2009, 9:29pm UTC
Yay! Totally fabulous recipe!
Katrina Hall Sep 23, 2009, 9:35pm UTC
Isn't it? We can always rely on Farmgirl! Thank you, Mam...
Madame Donna C. Sep 23, 2009, 10:59pm UTC
I've never tried a Farmgirl recipe that didn't please me. They just don't fail, do they? A+!
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 7:32am UTC
Totally agree!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Sep 23, 2009, 9:30pm UTC
These look fantastic, and I can almost taste them through the screen.
Katrina Hall Sep 23, 2009, 9:36pm UTC
Yes? The crunchy, buttery toffee, the drizzle of chocolate, the .......yes, they really are that good, j r! Thanks!
Risa G. Sep 23, 2009, 9:31pm UTC
These look amazing. Oh I want at least 5! Hand 'em over!
Katrina Hall Sep 23, 2009, 9:38pm UTC
Gone, Risa - and I'm proud to say I enjoyed every last one - though I did share with quite a few non-baking friends. Still, I have to admit I hoarded:)
Elizabeth Ann R. Sep 23, 2009, 9:37pm UTC
These look and sound delicious. Yummy!
Katrina Hall Sep 23, 2009, 9:40pm UTC
Thanks, Elizabeth! This just proves my point: you want appreciation for a recipe? Cookies, every time. And chocolate:)
Jan S. Sep 23, 2009, 9:52pm UTC
Wow! I have got to make these! I'll try them with and without the chocolate drizzle. They look good enough to eat and we will!

Thanks for posting to Cook it up Big!
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 7:33am UTC
Jan, you'll love them!
Marianne M. Sep 23, 2009, 9:54pm UTC
Mmmm ... lovely little cookies!
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 7:34am UTC
As Farmgirl says, there's something about a cute baby cookie...... glad you liked, Marianne!
Marianne R. Sep 23, 2009, 10:00pm UTC
They look tasty
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 7:34am UTC
And that they are, Marianne!
Sonia M. Sep 24, 2009, 12:19am UTC
Yum, Yum,. Yum is right! They look delicious, Katrina! Nice photos too!
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 7:34am UTC
Many thanks, Sonia!
Cristina S. Sep 24, 2009, 4:40am UTC
yum!!
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 7:34am UTC
That is for sure, Cristina!
☃ Shannon K. Wendt Sep 24, 2009, 12:44pm UTC
They look and sound wonderful!

Now about this back problem???
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 2:39pm UTC
Thanks, Shannon! To my utter shock, I woke up in horrendous pain one day. A few xrays later, found out lowest five vertebrae had lost most of that squishy disc between - plus a curving spine, and calcium and something or other in one hip. Faithfully doing PT in hopes I can avoid ever having that pain again. Brrrrr.
Ellie W. Sep 24, 2009, 4:35pm UTC
I want to jump through my computer screen and grab one of those cookies!!!
Katrina Hall Sep 28, 2009, 1:51pm UTC
I'm so glad they're gone, Ellie - or I'd be eating them right this minute.
Katrina Hall Sep 24, 2009, 8:38pm UTC
Better yet - head to the kitchen, Ellie!
Marilyn (PaintsOnSlate) S. Sep 28, 2009, 6:57am UTC
Those look wonderful!
Katrina Hall Sep 28, 2009, 1:51pm UTC
Thanks, DD!
Tory H. Nov 12, 2009, 5:12pm UTC
Oooh, I could go for a bunch of these right now! Mmmmmm.

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