Cooking for 2: Dark Chocolate Shortbread

Dark Chocolate Shortbread

Ingredients

5 Tablespoons flour

1 ½ teaspoons dark chocolate cocoa

Pinch of salt

¼ teaspoon vanilla

3 Tablespoons butter, softened

2 Tablespoons sugar

Directions

Mix butter and sugar.  Add vanilla.  Mix flour, cocoa and salt in a different bowl.  Add to butter/sugar mixture.  Mix well.  Roll out into approximately a 6 inch square onto a piece of parchment paper or greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 325 for about 16 minutes.  Take out of oven and cut into desired shapes:  square, rectangles, etc.  Let cool for a couple of minutes before removing from cookie sheet.  Transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.