Easy chocolate shortbread

Posted by michelle - December 7th, 2007

Like most other people, our family is pretty busy. I love the idea of my kids leaving something for Santa (I think it shows respect and hospitality – not to mention gratitude for all those presents he leaves!)

But with school finishing so close to Christmas and my work commitments, we have limited cooking time. So I buy some shortbread – just plain basic stuff form the supermarket – and we decorate it. I melt some chocolate (white and brown) and put out 100s & 1000s, coconut and crushed nuts, and let the kids decorate shortbread biscuits.

We do enough for Santa and for gifts from the kids to their grandparents – and for us to eat all the broken ones :)

It’s easy, fun, messy and a family tradition for us now. Maybe this year we’ll bake the shortbread first – nah, probably not!

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3 Comments »

  1. What a great idea :) Quick & easy – might try this one.

    Comment by MissieK - 10 December , 2007 10:13 am

  2. Good idea Michelle – take away the hard work and have fun – that’s what cooking with kids and Christmas should be all about.

    Comment by Santa's Elf - 11 December , 2007 7:58 pm

  3. For those interested in a full shortbread receipe to go with the choclate dipping…

    [...] with icing sugar, dip in chocolate or leave [...]

    Pingback by 5 cent biscuit (aka shortbread) recipe | Love Santa - 21 December , 2007 1:01 pm

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