Hedgehog Cookies...Almost Too Cute to Eat!
Adorable shortbread cookies shaped like hedgehogs.
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 12 oz butter (unsalted, room temperature)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
Decorating:
- 8 oz chocolate (chopped)
- almond slices (for decoration, as needed)
Instructions
Cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 350℉
- In a large bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the butter and granulated sugar until they are just coming together, then add the vanilla. In a smaller bowl, sift the flour and salt, then add to the butter mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together.
- Put the dough out onto a floured counter and bring it together into a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Shape pieces of dough into a hedgehog shape and place on a silicone sheet lined tray.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the hedgehogs are just starting to brown. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack.
Chocolate and Decoration:
- Melt the chocolate gradually in the microwave (use the defrost function)
- Coat the back of the cooled cookies and add almond slivers as seen in the photos.
- Make two eyes, and a nose with the chocolate.
Notes
- Keep in a tin afterward for best results.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 cookie | Calories: 391kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 539IU | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 2mg
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