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Gluten-free Chocolate filled Shortbread Cookies

Easter desserts, dairy-free options
Prep Time 15 minutes
12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings: 15 cookies
Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened or use a dairy-free alternative
  • 2/3 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup for rolling dough balls in
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 1/3 cup gluten-free flour
  • Food coloring I used neon colors, green, blue, purple & pink, 2 drops of each
  • 3/4 cup Enjoy life chocolate chips or your favorite dairy-free ones
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease two baking trays with butter.
  2. In a bowl combine softened butter and sugar, cream together until well combined.
  3. Add in egg yolks, salt and vanilla extract, stir well. Add in flour. Mix for a few minutes, dough will come together.
  4. Separate dough in equal measurements to 4 bowls, add 2 drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix with dough until your desired shade.
  5. Scoop dough into 1 tbsp size balls, roll in sugar and then place on your baking tray. Repeat with rest of the dough.
  6. Then using either the end of a large wooden spoon or your thumb, press an indentation into each cookie.
  7. Bake for 12-15 min or until the bottoms are lightly browned and the cookies are set. Mine took 13 min.
  8. Transfer to a wire rack and cool.
  9. While cookies are cooling in a pot melt chocolate chips along with coconut oil, fill in each cookie indentation with chocolate. Let sit for another 5 minutes or until chocolate solidifies a tad.
  10. ENJOY :)
  11. Keep for up to a week in an airtight container