Deep Chocolate Shortbread
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time 25 minutes
Total time 40 minutes
1 cup unsalted butter
½ cup SPLENDA no calorie sweetener, granulated
¼ cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons Dutch Process Cocoa powder
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1. Preheat oven 375F. Line a cookie sheet or jellyroll pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. Place butter, SLENDA granulated sweetener, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Mix, using the paddle attachment of an electric mixer until mixture is light and creamy (approximately 1- 1 ½ minutes.) add cocoa powder and flour. Mix until just blended.
3. Remove dough from bowl and form into a ball. Place ball of dough on the parchment-lined pan. Roll the dough into a rectangle approximately 6 ½ inches wide by 11 inches long and ¼ inch thick. Peirce the surface of the dough all over with a fork. This allows air to escape during baking, preventing air pockets from forming.
4. Bake in preheated oven 20-25 minutes, rotating the pan after 10 minutes of baking. Remove shortbread from oven after 20 to 25 minutes and immediately cut into 24 fingers or rectangles while still warm. If allowed to cool, shortbread will not slice as well.
Makes 24 servings
Per serving; calories 120 (calories from fat 70) protein 1g, fat 8g, (saturated fat 5g), carbohydrates 11g, fiber 1g, cholesterol 20mg, sodium 25mg, sugars 3g.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Global Hug Tour
Objective:We believe through opening our hearts and celebrating our global connectivity, bridges and understanding can be built between us.
Blogger's Unite! Please take time to blog about this amazing cause and let people know about the Global Hug Tour! I know we're announcing this not too far in advance, but the Global Hug Tour is going to be trying to raise millions of dollars beginning the week of May, 11th and we'd love to generate some support and some buzz before then.Here's some info on the cause; go and check out their site for more detailed information: Inspire Me Today Founder Gail Lynne Goodwin and her husband Darryl will take off in a small prop plane from Colorado to circumnavigate the globe and literally hug the world. The tour will stop in 45 locations over a period of five months.On a personal mission to make a difference, they will be:* Delivering an estimated $1,000,000 to important causes throughout the tour raised through grassroots contributions from people like you* Giving at least 2,000 hugs in each location to literally wrap the world in 100,000 hugs* Gathering great wisdom, inspiration and brilliance from leaders and luminaries in the far reaches of the globe to bring back and share on InspireMeToday.comHow you can helpFor a $10 contribution, you will have the opportunity to become an official Hug Ambassador, sponsor the delivery of a hug and to choose the city and cause where your donation will make a difference - from Chennai, India, to support the efforts of Dr. Mani's Children's Heart Foundation where just 100 hugs - or $1000 - will save the life of a child; to a preserve in Chiang Mai, Thailand to help rebuild the threatened elephant population; or to Siem Reap, Cambodia where a mere 2 hugs will fund a years education for a child!Your hug recipient will be given a sticker with the number of their hug and a unique code. By logging on to InspireMeToday.com, givers and receivers - people from all around the world - will have the opportunity to connect with one another.You'll know that your hug went to Johan in Sweden, Sujatmi in Indonesia or Naresh in India, and have the opportunity to connect and build friendships across the world.Please help us give 100,000 hugs around the world and $1,000,000 to our partner organizations by sponsoring a hug today!
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