Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
A chocolate chip cookie recipe for the holidays or any time.
This chocolate chip cookie recipe is one of my favorite Christmas cookies. It's made with whole foods and organic ingredients.
Holiday recipes don't typically skimp on butter, and this chocolate chip cookie recipe is no exception. Instead, it gets its goodness from King Arthur organic white whole wheat flour.
White whole wheat flour has a more tender taste than traditional red whole wheat flour, yet it has the exact same nutritional profile.
And the organic white whole wheat flour is even more similar to all-purpose flour in the texture and lightness it produces in baked goods. I recommend the King Arthur Organic White Whole Wheat Flour because that's the one I've tested.
Be careful: This is one of the tastiest Christmas cookie recipes you'll ever find, and even though they have a decent amount of fiber, they aren't low calorie.
If you like these cookies, be sure to check out these cookie recipes, too: Christmas sugar cookies, Lindt chocolate chip cookies, chewy chocolate chip cookies, magic cookie bars, Mexican wedding cookies, and dark chocolate Christmas cookies.
Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
- 3/4 cup organic white whole wheat flour, such as King Arthur
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted organic butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. orange zest
- 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 large organic egg yolk
- 2 Tbsp. organic half and half
- 1 Tbsp. organic nonfat buttermilk
- 4 oz. dark chocolate chips (such as Hershey's extra dark, Ghirardelli 60% cacao or your favorite organic brand)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two cookie sheets with nonstick spray. Combine flours, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixter, beat butter, sugar, orange zest and vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Beat in next three ingredients.
Add dry ingredients and beat until dough comes together in moist clumps. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop generous tablespoons of dough onto prepared cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with your fingertips. Bake until just golden, about 18 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Makes 20 cookies.
Per cookie: 118 calories, 7g fat, 23 mg cholesterol, 2 g fiber, 2 g protein, 3% Vitamin A, 0% Vitamin C, 2% calcium, 3% iron
