Cranberry Shortbread Recipe

Directions

Heat oven to 325 degrees F with a rack in center. Combine room temperature butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, flour, and salt in large mixing bowl. Beat with wooden spoon until combined but not too creamy. Stir in dried cranberries. Pat dough into an 8-inc square baking pan to shape the dough into a large square, then to turn it out onto a cutting board. Make parallel cuts to form long 1-inch wide strips, then cut each of those strips in half crosswise to produce sixteen to eighteen cookies approximately 1- by 4-inches. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until just beginning to turn golden on the bottoms, about 20 minutes. Place pan on cooling rack until cool enough to touch, about 20 minutes. While cookies are baking cut chocolate into small pieces . Fill small sauce pan with 1" of water and heat till simmering . Place chocolate pieces in small stainless steal bowl and place bowl on top of sauce pan with simmering water.

) and wait till chocolate appears to be just barely melting . Using rubber spatula, gently stir chocolate until it appears melted with bits still in it. Remove bowl from the pan and place it on a paper towel to absorb any water/condensation on bottom of bowl so no water makes its way into chocolate. Continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. It should appear glossy, not grainy. Pour chocolate into ziplock bag and cut very small piece off corner of the bag and squeeze chocolate onto your cooled cookies.