shortbread wheels

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup super fine sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 tablespoon sweet chocolate, grated

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f(175 degrees c).
• sift all but 2 tablespoons of flour into a bowl, then add the sugar. rub, or cut in butter until the mixture is crumbly. divide in half. work in the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour to one half, then the cocoa and ground chocolate to the other half. knead each portion well with your fingers to form a smooth dough.
• turn a lightly dusted with cornstarch surface, and roll out each portion to 1/4 inch thick circles. using a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out 7 circles from each piece of rolled out dough. out of these circles, cut two more circles, one 1 1/4 inch, and one 3/4 inch. now you should have fourteen 2 1/2 inch rings, fourteen 1 1/2 inch rings and fourteen 3/4 inch circles.
• construct wheels on greased baking sheets by starting with the largest rings, then alternating the colors to fill in. you should end up with 7 cookies that have a chocolate ring on the outside, a plain ring in the middle and a chocolate circle in the center; and 7 cookies that have a plain ring on the outside, a chocolate ring in the middle and a plain circle in the center.
• bake for 12 minutes. leave on sheets for 2 minutes, then remove with a flat knife. cool completely on wire racks.