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Swiss Mountain Shortbread Christmas Cookies

5:00 am by kim 25 Comments

 Are you looking for the best Christmas cookie to bake for the holidays? Well look no further! I’m happy to be sharing one of my all-time favourites, the Swiss Mountain Shortbread Christmas Cookie. This is an easy recipe to make and I’m sure it will become one of your favourites to make too!

I’m joining together with friends for a cookie hop hosted by Jo-Anna from A Pretty Life In The Suburbs. So  for an easy 1-stop holiday cookie recipe list, check out the links at the bottom of this post.

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

I’ve hosted a cookie exchange for the past few years and my friend Kate always brought her Swiss Mountain shortbread Christmas cookies. Needless to say they were always a hit and everyone’s favourite including mine! They would be the first cookie gone from our immense tray of exchanged cookies and people would always ask for them when they came for a visit.

Since we’ve moved away to another city (more on that later) I won’t be hosting my annual cookie exchange this year but Kate was sweet enough to give me her family recipe so now I can share it with you. Thank you Kate!

Christmas Shortbread and Toblerone Christmas Cookies

Not only is it a delicious melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie, it’s also made with amazing milk chocolate Toblerone bars. You won’t be able to stop at just one!

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Recipe:

  • 2 cups (500 ml) unsalted butter
  • 1 cup (250 ml) fruit sugar
  • 3 1/4 cups (800 ml) all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) rice flour
  • 12 oz. (375 g) milk chocolate Toblerone bars
  • 1/4 cup (75 ml) icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
  1. Preheat oven to 325°F (160°c)
  2. Beat butter until very light. Gradually beat in sugar and continue beating until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
  3. Sift flours and salt together. Stir into butter mixture and combine well.
  4. Chop chocolate into 1/2 in. (1 cm) chunks. Save about 50 of the largest chunks and mix the rest into the batter just until combined.
  5. Arrange mounds of batter on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Press a chunk of chocolate into each cookie.
  6. Bake 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 325°F (160°c) oven until very lightly browned. Cool in a single layer on racks. Sift icing sugar over cookies.

Fruit sugar is finer than regular, buy it or make it by whizzing regular sugar in a food processor for about 1 minute. Rice flour makes the cookies very tender.

Makes about 50 cookies. Kate says her secret is that once everything is mixed together, she kneads the dough a few times. I used a small 1.5 in. ice-cream  scoop to place the dough on the cookie sheets. It’s so easy and makes the cookies have a more uniform appearance.

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

 Swiss Mountain  Shortbread Christmas Cookies

Christmas Shortbread Cookies

Unless you’re not partial to butter or chocolate, I’m sure you’ll love these cookies!

Now light some Christmas scented candles,  put on some festive Christmas music or your favourite Hallmark Christmas movie, (we have them on non-stop over here) and start baking!

Don’t forget to check out the links below for more great cookie recipes.

Blessings,

Kim

12 Christmas Cookie Recipes

More Delicious Christmas Cookie Recipes:

For more Christmas cookie recipes, make sure you check out the delicious recipes below!

Swiss Mountain Shortbread by Kim of Kim Power Style

German Iced Spice Christmas Cookies by Christina of The DIY Mommy

Slice and Bake Shortbread Cookies by Jo-Anna of A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Cathedral Window Cookies by Rita of Harbour Breeze Home

Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti by Kendra of Joy In Our Home

Cranberry Orange Shortbread by Jen of Kitchen Counter Chronicles

Holiday Crinkle Cookies by Lisa of Fabulous Habits

Maple Shortbread Snowflakes by Laura of one house 2 barns

Ritz Cracker Bark (aka Crookies) by Courtenay of Creek Line House

Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies by Jennifer of Happily Organized Chaos

Earl Grey Snowball Cookies by Tan of Squirrelly Minds

Gingerbread Cookies by Dannyelle of Life is a Party

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Comments

  1. Mark says

    at 8:34 am

    I’ve tasted several of these cookies and can attest to their high value of deliciousness!

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:09 pm

      You sure can! Lol… thanks for your willingness to taste-test them for me! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Shannon says

    at 8:42 am

    These look delish! And I’m so happy to see you posting!!!

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:08 pm

      Thanks so much sweet friend! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Dannyelle says

    at 8:56 am

    These look soooo good! Thanks for sharing, the pictures are mouth watering.

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:07 pm

      Thanks so much Dannyelle!:)

      Reply
  4. jen says

    at 9:48 am

    These look amazing! Yum!

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:06 pm

      Thanks so much Jen!

      Reply
  5. Jo-Anna says

    at 10:10 am

    These look amazing Kim! Nothing better than shortbread and chocolate together!

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:05 pm

      Thanks Jo-Anna, I totally agree! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Jennifer MacNeil says

    at 11:06 am

    Oh my Kim, those cookies look so tasty!!

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:04 pm

      Thanks Jennifer, they taste as good as they look! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Tan says

    at 1:03 pm

    OMG! I adore Toblerone and LOVE shortbread! This is the best combo ever

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 11:04 pm

      Yes! They are so delicious 🙂

      Reply
  8. Lisa Favre says

    at 12:15 pm

    I love me a good shortbread cookie! Your recipe is absolute genius!

    Reply
  9. Monica D. says

    at 6:55 am

    I’ve never heard of “fruit sugar” before and almost didn’t read the rest of the recipe thinking I’d have to hunt down some new product at a fancy whole paycheck grocery store!. So glad you explained that it’s superfine sugar – I have some in my cabinet and will use that to make these next week!.

    Reply
  10. Emma Ludemann says

    at 11:10 pm

    Where can I find fruit sugar? All what I can find is Monk Fruit sugar, is that what you used?

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 8:25 pm

      Hi! No, you can use regular sugar and give it a whiz in the food processor. Fruit sugar is an easy to dissolve sugar.Finer than regular. Hope that helps.

      Reply
  11. Emily says

    at 6:58 pm

    Does the icing sugar go in with the fruit sugar? Or is it just sprinkled on the cookies?

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 8:22 pm

      Hi! The icing sugar is to-be sprinkled on the cookies once they’re baked. Usually while they’re cooling.?

      Reply
    • kim says

      at 2:54 am

      Hi, the icing sugar is used to sprinkle on top once the cookies are baked.

      Reply
  12. Barbara says

    at 10:19 am

    My daughter made your recipe for Swiss Mountain Cookies last year, they are delicious! I’m planning on making the cookies in a few days as gifts. One question, do you chill the dough before baking or is it not necessary?
    Thanks.
    Barbara

    Reply
    • kim says

      at 10:29 am

      Hi Barbara, so glad she tried them out and yes they are delicious! I don’t recall chilling the dough and if it’s not in the instructions then no. I just bought my toblerone bar yesterday so I’ll be making these too. Happy Baking!

      Reply

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