Try the best shortbread ever! Smores shortbread recipe.

On the 12th and final day of shortbread we have chocolate again but this time in a timeless classic – S’mores. S’mores are a great cookie sandwich in the summer or in the winter. Reminds you of camp fires or summer bbqs or warm toasty marshmallows by a fireplace. Either way, s’mores are all year and all season. All the ingredients of a s’more are mixed right into the classic shortbread dough then baked into these great, unique looking masses of smores shortbread cookie. Each bite is a bit of summer, bbq and sitting by a fireplace. Can’t get much better than that in a cookie. The ratio of chocolate chips, graham crackers and marshmallows can be adjusted. After making a few batches of this variation I have come to the conclusion I prefer a ratio of more shortbread to s’mores ingredients for this particular variation. Too much s’mores ingredients and the shortbread gets lost. I also find that this particular variation can be baked on the shorter time frame rather than longer as it results in a softer shortbread cookie holding all the s’mores ingredients together. This variations is another winner and was well received by all that tried it.

Ingredients

1 c flour
1/2 c corn starch
1/2 c icing sugar
3/4 c butter
1/2 c chocolate chips
1/2 c crushed graham crackers
1/2 c mini marshmallows

Directions

Cream together first four ingredients.
Mix in chocolate chips, crushed graham crackers and mini marshmallows. The mixture will be very crumbly and probably won’t hold together well.
As best you can, form clumps of dough about 1-1.5 inches in diameter and place on a cookie sheet. The clumps may not stick together but that’s ok. The chilling process will help and them during baking the melted butter and marshmallows will stick the clump together into a great looking cookie. Dough makes about 24 cookies.
Flatten, as best you can, with a fork and chill for 30-60 minutes in fridge. This will help clumps stick together.
Heat oven to 300F.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cookies are golden brown around the edges and bottom.

Notes:

Again, I’m not a cook and I’m sure there are many techniques to baking that would make the above recipes tastier. In any case, I hope you enjoy the recipe and the results.

Some variations on the classic shortbread recipe involve adding in extra liquid. With those recipes I find you get a shortbread that spreads out more than usual. If you don’t want this then I suggest reducing the amount of butter a bit or increasing the dry ingredients a bit.

For the savory shortbreads I would suggest limiting the sugar content. I will keep working on the ratio of sweet to savory for those but the do smell wonderful when you take them out of the oven!

Tea Pairings:

Good question. Honestly, I think shortbread goes with anything! And tea goes with anything too! So, it’s a match made in heaven. I have tried different teas with each of the shortbread varieties with no particular pairing methodology behind the pairing. Each tea I have used can stand on its own.

Modifications:

I don’t know how to modify perfection except to suggest different chocolate chips whether milk, semi-sweet or dark chocolate. Once I have gone through the 12 days of shortbread I will include a list of recipes of shortbread variations for the future such as caramel, toffee, skor, sea salt, white chocolate macadamian nut, carrot cake, pumpkin spice, cranberry and pistachio. I’m also considering more savory variations using other types of cheese like brie, havarti, smoked cheeses, maybe even some cream cheeses.

References:

17 Incredibly Perfect Tea and Biscuit Combinations, Emma Cooke, March 2016, buzzfeed.com, URL: https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmacooke24/digestives-and-breakfast-tea-is-life
The best tea and biscuit pairings, Niamh Ollerton, Nov 2016, lovefood.com, URL: https://www.lovefood.com/news/56428/tea-biscuit-pairings-breakfast-tea-chocolate-hobnob-earl-grey-ginger-nut

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