Just one more delicious and easy chocolate dessert. It is just a quick shortbread biscuit base topped with a boxed brownie mix. So good!

Box Brownie Shortbread Cookies

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Scottish
Keyword: Baked, Delicious, Sweet
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Passive Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Tip : The short bread dough stays crumbly and does not appear to come together like a pie dough, it will seem rather dry, but the dough will come together when pressed into a cake pan.

Ingredients 

  • 3 sticks unsalted butter
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 tspn fine sea salt
  • 1 boxed fudge brownie mix
  • Optional
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • Gather all ingredients before starting recipe.

Layer #1

  • Pre heat oven to 350°
  • Line a 9 x 13 cake pan with parchment paper so that there is an overhang on the two long sides.
  • Combine flour, sugar and salt in a deep mixing bowl and either whisk ingredients to combine, or if using a stand mixer, mix on low speed with the paddle attachment until combined.
  • Cut up 3 sticks of cold butter into 1/2" slices and add to flour mixture.
  • Mix flour and butter with a paddle attachment until the dough resembles corn meal (or you can combine flour and butter in a food processor, pulsing until the flour and butter are combined).
  • Press dough into prepared pan.
  • Prick the dough all over with a fork and bake until golden, about 30 to 35 minutes.
  • Remove shortbread from oven and set aside to cool to room temperature, about 15-20 minutes.

Layer#2

  • Increase heat in oven to 375°
  • Prepare brownie mixture according to package directions and add chopped walnuts.
  • Pour batter over cooled short bread and spread to completely cover the shortbread layer.
  • Bake in pre heated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the brownie layer comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and allow to come to room temperature.

Serving

  • Place the room temperature baking pan in the fridge and cool for 20 - 30 minutes.
  • Slice the brownie/shortbread into bars and then into squares.

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