Chocolate Chip Shortbread with Sea Salt

Dear Turkey,

Butter, sugar, and

Chocolate -- this is what my mom

Would call a cookie

Chocolate Chip Shortbread with Sea Salt

(makes 24, adapted from Smitten Kitchen)

Ingredients:

- 1 c + 2 T salted butter, cold but preferably not frozen

- 1/2 c sugar

- 1/4 c brown sugar

- 1 t vanilla

- 2 1/4 c flour

- 1 c chocolate chips

- sea salt or another big-grained salt

Instructions:

- In an electric mixer, cream the sugars, butter, and vanilla. Beat in the flour until just combined. If your butter is really cold and the dough just isn't coming together, drizzle in a little very hot water while you're mixing. Mix in chocolate chips.

- Form the dough into a log and chill until the log is sliceable (this took me about 20 minutes in the freezer).

- Cover 2 baking stones with parchment and slice the log into 24 slices, distributing them equally over the 2 stones. Sprinkle each cookie with a few grains of salt (okay, maybe a little more than a few).

- Bake at 350 F for 18 minutes. Cool completely and store at room temperature. 

Enjoy,

Tofu