Black and White Shortbread Cookies with Dragées

BLACK AND WHITE SHORTBREAD COOKIES

These cookies are triangle shaped, one end of them is dipped in chocolate and has silver dragees for decorations.

DOUGH 1 cup unsalted butter 1 cup confectioners sugar 1 tbs vanilla 1/4 tsp salt 2 cups flour

1 cup semisweet chocolate 2 tbs water 1 tbs unsalted butter DECORATION: SILVER DRAGEES

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Line a jelly roll pan with foil. DOUGH: In a bowl, beat first 4 ingredients until blended. Stir in flour until blended. Press over bottom of ungreased pan. Score dough lengthwise in 4 equal strips, then crosswise in 8 strips to make 32 rectangles. Cut each rectangle in half diagonally, prick each triangle twice.

Bake 18 min. or until shortbread looks dry and pale gold. Cool in pan. Recut cookies while warm. Cool in pan. Stir chocolate, water and butter in a saucepan over low heat until chocolate and butter melt. Coat a wire cooling rack with cooking spray. Dip wide edge of each cookie in chocolate. Place on rack. ADD DRAGEES WHILE WET, LET CHOCOLATE SET.

THIS RECIPE MAKES 64 COOKIES.*

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 * World Recipes Y-Group