New recipe addresses woes with shortbread cookies

By Betty Shimabukuro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 13, 2013

~~<p>First of all, sorry, sorry, sorry. A recipe printed here Jan. 9 for Chocolate Shortbread Cookies from Aikahi Elementary School proved popular with those who fondly recall their school cafeteria cookies or who just liked the idea of chocolate in their shortbread. That was the good news.</p>
<p>The bad news was that many bakers struggled with the recipe. The dough was too crumbly to handle, the cookie baked up hard, the cookie was fine but turned to stone the next day. "What did I do wrong?" was a cry that showed up a few times in my email inbox.</p>
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First of all, sorry, sorry, sorry. A recipe printed here Jan. 9 for Chocolate Shortbread Cookies from Aikahi Elementary School proved popular with those who fondly recall their school cafeteria cookies or who just liked the idea of chocolate in their shortbread. That was the good news.

The bad news was that many bakers struggled with the recipe. The dough was too crumbly to handle, the cookie baked up hard, the cookie was fine but turned to stone the next day. "What did I do wrong?" was a cry that showed up a few times in my email inbox. Login for more...