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seabreeze
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1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon finely ground coffee beans, preferably espresso (or whatever you prefer)
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for sprinkling

1. Heat oven to 350°. Sift together flour, cocoa, and salt. Stir in coffee, and set aside.

2. Beat butter until smooth. Add sugar, and beat well. Add flour mixture, and beat until combined.

3. Pat dough into an ungreased 8-inch round pan. Bake until firm, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove shortbread from oven, let sit for 5 minutes, then cut into wedges. Let cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar before serving.

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Barnacle Bill
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You could substitute the cacao for carob in this one too.
[Wink]

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Laura
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This looks simple, fast and YUMMY! I am out of butter, but tomorrow I am trying it out.

It's kind of like a cake brownie? Did you try adding nuts?

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Josette
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Ooh that does look good. Is confectioner's sugar powdered sugar? And do you need a "sifter" to sift flour?

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seabreeze
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Josette, yes it is powdered suar and even if you have a simple hand-held sifter that's fine. although to be honest there have been many times I don't sift and it comes out fine.

Laura, I have added pecans but I use them sparingly, of course walnuts might be good too [Wink]

Necro, carob would probably work for this one, too, but I have plenty of Hershey's cocoa from mom in the cabinet just calling my name [Wink]

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Hibbah
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omg - that looks SO good right now. i just woke up and im starving, but its 1:00 am, and the only thing opened right now is fast food- and im on a diet, but im starving, and i dont know what to do [Frown]

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seabreeze
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go get some fast food but get the salads,
or you can go by the grocery store and get some snackwells devil's food cakes, makes you feel like you're eating chocolate, but they have no fat [Wink]

it's not the BEST thing you can eat, but might help your cravings for chocolate [Wink]

BE STRONG HIBBAH! [Cool]

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