Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted & cooled
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa

Preparation

Heat oven to 325\u00b0F Thoroughly grease 2 (9-inch) glass pie plates.
In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, chocolate and peppermint extract with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
On low speed, beat in flour and 1/3 cup cocoa.
Divide dough in half. With lightly floured hands, press dough evenly in pie plates. Lightly score (about half-way through) into 12 wedges per plate and poke several holes with a fork into each wedge.
Bake 22 to 24 minutes or until puffed and edges just begin to pull away from sides of pie plates.
Cool in pie plates 5 minutes. Carefully cut each round along the previous score lines into 12 wedges. Cool completely in pie plates on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.