Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies - The classic buttery cookie meets sweet chocolate morsels. The best part? They're easy to make and require no chilling dough!
Line a 15x10-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degree.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with powdered sugar, vanilla and almond extract until creamy. Add in flour and beat until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
Drop dough into center of baking sheet, and using the heels of your hand, press dough into a large rectangle. You want the dough to be the same thickness throughout, so keep pressing until you have a rectangle about 12x10-inches and about ¼-inch thick.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until edges begin to lightly brown. Remove from oven and immediately cut into strips using a pizza cutter. Cool completely and store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. ENJOY.
Notes
Use soft butter. Cold butter will be hard to work into the dough and the cookie texture will be off. Did you forget to put your butter out at room temperature in advance? You can soften it with a few seconds in the microwave at 50% power!
This recipe makes cookies that are soft in the center. That means you're going to take them out of the oven before they're browned. If you want a crunchier cookie, feel free to leave the cookies in the oven for another minute or two. Just keep a close eye on them! They can burn quickly.
Let them cool completely. Before you store the cookies in a container or ziploc bag, be sure they've cooled completely. Put them in while they're still warm and the steam will soften the cookies quite a bit.