Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies

5 from 30 votes

These buttery chocolate chip shortbread cookies are easy to make with just six ingredients and will be impossible to resist.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Chill Time2

Total Time2 35

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 199kcal

In a large bowl add butter, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Using a hand mixer, beat until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar and continue beating on low until combined.
Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the flour and beat on low, stop and scrape down the bowl, and then continue beating until well combined. You may need to use your hands to press dough together to form a solid ball of shortbread. If it seems too flaky, just keep working the dough together, and it will come together.
Add mini chocolate chips and use a large spoon to fold them into the mixture.
Shape the dough into a rectangular block using your hands, making it the same width as you want your cookies to be. Wrap in plastic wrap, and firm up the sides and edges of the dough by pressing on the counter.
Place the dough in the refrigerator and chill for 2 hours.
Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and let sit out on the counter for 10-15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a sharp knife, cut ¼ to ½-inch thick rectangles from the dough and place them on the parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Bake for 5 minutes, rotate the baking sheet in the oven. Continue baking an additional 4-5 minutes, or until the cookies are barely starting to brown. Remove from the oven and let cool 2 to 3 minutes on the baking sheet.
Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Shortbread is meant to be light in color, so be sure to remove the cookies from the oven before they brown.
Whether you store your shortbread cookies with chocolate chips in the cupboard, in the fridge, or in the freezer, make sure that they are completely cool before you put them into the container, otherwise, condensation will form, which can make them go soggy.