Chai Spiced Shortbread with Chocolate Ganache
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Recipe type: Dessert, Cookie
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Serves: 2 dozen cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons soft butter
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon chai spice
  • ½ teaspoon pumpkin spice
  • 2½ cups all purpose flour
    FOR THE GANACHE
  • 8oz 60% dark chocolate chips
  • ½ cup heavy cream
Preparation Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 375˚
  2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment cream together the butter, sugar and spices on high for 7 minutes.
  3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the flour with the mixer on low. The mixture will be crumbly for a while but keep mixing until it comes together in a smooth dough.
  4. Once the dough has come together, place in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
  5. Then scoop out the dough into round balls and place on a cookie sheet. Use a teaspoon to press a little crater into the center of each dough ball.
  6. Bake for about 12 minutes or until the bottom is just barley showing a bit of golden color.
  7. Cool on the cookie sheet for about 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
  8. While the cookies are baking, make the ganache.
  9. Simply warm the heavy cream over medium high heat until it is almost boiling but not quite.
  10. Add the chocolate and stir with a whisk until smooth. If it hardens before you get to the next step, simply reheat it very gently while stirring until it comes smooth again,
  11. Once the cookies are cool, spoon about a teaspoon of the ganache into the center of each.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2014/11/chai-spiced-shortbread-with-chocolate-ganache/