Grammy's Kitchen · Shortbread · Chocolate Dipped Toffee Pecan Shortbread Coo
One of 67 shortbread recipes we measured
It ranks #2 of 67 for sweetness perceived among the shortbread recipes we compared. 12 cooks on www.cookingclassy.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 80% | 86% |
| total sugar | 30% | 56% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| mix-ins | 156% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 284 g | 2 cups (284g) all-purpose flour* |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp salt |
| 226 g | 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, cold and diced into small cubes |
| 86 g | 2/3 cup (86g) powdered sugar |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract |
| 128 g | 3/4 cup toffee bits |
| 60 g | 1/2 cup (60g) finely chopped pecans, plus more for garnish** |
| 255 g | 9 oz chopped good quality milk chocolate or dark chocolate (, broken into pieces or chopped***) |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.cookingclassy.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Those with a cookie addiction should not make these cookies Best recipe for shortbread ever if you love pecans and toffee. That being said,I think the process is overly complicated. I softened the butter as it is so much easier to mix. I do all mixing by hand” — a cook, 5.0★
“These were a big hit at Thanksgiving. I wanted a pecan type dessert without going the pie route. They were perfect for all of us that wanted something sweet without committing to an entire slide of pie. They look and taste fabulous with the chocolate and spr” — a cook, 5.0★