Bonnie's Famous Mocha Shortbread

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons dark cocoa
• 1 teaspoon espresso powder (may double if you want stronger coffee flavor) or 1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals, finely crushed (may double if you want stronger coffee flavor)
• 1/2 cup butter, cold

Recipe

• 1 spray shortbread mold with cooking spray. (if you don't have a mold, then a large cookie sheet with parchment paper, or a stoneware/pizza stone-type pan is good too.).
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 3 mix dry ingredients, fluffing with a fork to evenly distribute cocoa. cut in butter until fine crumbs form.
• 4 gather into a ball and knead until smooth, usually about 10-15 "turns". immediately press lightly into mold. for other types of pans, roll into a circle, like pie dough, and score into wedges.
• 5 bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or til the center is set. these come out very dark, so testing with a fingertip for center springy-ness is essential the first time or two you make these.
• 6 these are the times for stoneware. you may need to adjust for metal pans.
• 7 cool 30 minutes and then carefully cut into wedges. dust with powdered sugar if desired.