Chocolate Shortbread

These are basic chocolate butter cookies made with melted chocolate and confectioners sugar.

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes

1 cup butter
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
2 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions:

In mixing bowl with electric hand-held mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and smooth. Beat in vanilla and melted chocolate. Stir in flour, mixing gently until thoroughly blended. Spread batter into a greased 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 300° for 40 to 45 minutes, until center is set. Cool in pan and cut into 1 1/2- x 2-inch bars. Carefully remove chocolate shortbread bars with a metal spatula.
Makes about 36 chocolate shortbread cookies.