- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (2¼ sticks) cold salted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped (but not too fine, you want chunks, not thin shards of chocolate)
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
- Demerara sugar (for rolling)
- Flaky sea salt
Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread cookies - the best cookie ever? I finally tried the recipe for myself and the verdict is...well, no. First of all, you have to understand that I am not a big fan of salt. Potato chips, pretzels, salted crisps...I can do without them. So, these would be better without the salt. Also, the chocolate chunks. Not necessary. Now the shortbread, with or without the sugar crust? That's a pretty darn good cookie. That's got my vote. And since I've been on the lookout for a decent shortbread cookie, it's a win for me. Here is the original recipe if you want to try it for yourself.
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I remember the excitement of visiting the public library as a child. The magic and suspense of reading favorites like The Velvet Room and The Secret Garden tugged at my imagination. Biographies of George Washington Carver and Betsy Ross allowed me to see the lives of those who came before me and to appreciate their accomplishments. Poetry collections like my favorite The Tall Book of Poems, which I took with me on sleepovers, introduced me to a range of poetry where I could consider how the placement and rhythm of words affected your mood – sometimes bouncy, other times melancholy. Plus, I really loved the way that book felt in my small hands. My goal in writing children’s books, I think, is an attempt to recreate those feelings, those early years of reading books where everything seemed possible.
I received an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and won the Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award from SCBWI. I worked as a Children's Librarian for 20 years and still prefer to read books written for young people. I have two Cavapoo dogs named Prince Albert and Daisy Wu, and a black kitten named Mortimer. I am married and split time between homes with my husband Rod in Dayton, OH and in Cadiz, KY where we enjoy our pontoon boat on Lake Barkley.
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