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Toblerone Shortbread with Browned Flour

Modified: Oct 23, 2024 · Published: Dec 11, 2018 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · 12 Comments

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Toblerone Shortbread with Browned Flour Toblerone Shortbread Cookies with Browned Flour -The "Famous Phipps Shortbread" with roasted flour, and Toblerone chocolate bar chunks.

Toblerone shortbread with browned flour.
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These Toblerone Shortbread with Browned Flour Cookies are a favourite of ours.  I'm sure you will love these too, if you're a fan of shortbread, and of Toblerone chocolate bars.

Toblerone Shortbread Cookies on a marble tray with twinkle lights in the background.

This is the second cookie for our Christmas Cookie Week here at Life is a Party.  Be sure to check out all the amazing cookies from the week:

  • Brown Sugar Shortbread Caramel Thumbprints
  • Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies
  • Sugar Cookies
  • Mincemeat Pinwheels
Christmas Cookie Week image of cookies

The first time I had these Toblerone shortbread cookies with browned flour was at church years ago.  A sweet lady brought them for a Christmas potluck, and they were so good.  I asked her for the recipe, and have since made them many times.  They have become a long time family favourite.

Toblerone Shortbread Cookies on a cutting board, with Christmas ornaments in the background

She said the original version of these beautiful cookies were from a well known bakery and called "Phipps Famous Shortbread" and that the recipe had been shared in the newspaper years ago.  She had cut it out and been making it ever since.

top down picture of Toblerone Shortbread and twinkle lights

Browned Flour

Before making the cookies, the flour is browned in the oven before it's added to the cookie dough.  Therefore it adds an amazing texture and nutty flavour to the cookies.  And the Toblerone, is the most delicious Swiss chocolate.  These will be a favourite as soon as you try them.

Why Brown The Flour?

Browned flour adds a nutty flavor.  It's more complex and adds depth to the dishes it's used in.  Toasted flour adds a soft silky texture to baked goods.  It also changes the color of flour, and therefore the baked goods.  Browned flour has a caramel brown color to it, and adds a brown color to the finished baked goods.  It's a relatively simple step and process, but it can add so much to a recipe.  

Is Brown Flour and Browned Flour The Same?

Brown flour is wheat flour.  It usually contains 85% whole wheat grains in it. Including part of the germ and bran gives brown flour it's color, and a slightly different taste than white flour.  

Browned flour or toasted flour is white flour that has been browned in a skillet or in the oven to toast it, and give it a caramelized brown color.

How Do You Brown Flour?

In our recipe we brown our flour in the oven, on a baking tray, using broil.  Flour can burn easily, so you have to watch it closely, and turn it often to make sure all the flour is browned.  You can also brown flour on the stove in a cast iron skillet in a dry pan over a medium heat, stirring it constantly and watching it closely so that it doesn't burn.

?You want to achieve an overall toasted medium brown color to the flour.  The darker the color, the more deep and nutty the flavor will be, but you don't want it so dark brown that it tastes burnt.

Toblerone

We used toblerone chocolate in our cookies.  Toblerone is a Swiss made chocolate with honey and almond nugget inside.  The Swiss are known for their quality chocolate.  Using Toblerone chocolate in these cookies is such a yummy addition. You can use regular Toblerone, or mini Toblerone bars in this recipe. If you don't have Toblerone though, you can substitute any chocolate you like, or chocolate chips.  If you prefer dark chocolate you can use it, or milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate depending on your personal preference.

cookie close up with a bite out of it and twinkle lights in the background

I hope you will try these amazing shortbread cookies with chunks of Toblerone and that they'll become a family favourite of yours too.  They're our favourite cookie especially during the holiday season.  Christmas eve these are the perfect delicious cookies to leave out for Santa.

Recipe

Toblerone shortbread with browned flour.

Toblerone Shortbread with Browned Flour

Crisp shortbread with Toblerone chunks.
4.60 from 10 votes
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Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 48
Calories: 156kcal
Author: Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 2 cups butter softened
  • 1 cup fruit sugar
  • 1 cup rice flour
  • 1 lb Toblerone Chocolate

Instructions

  • To brown the all purpose flour, spread it evenly on an ungreased baking sheet and put it in the oven about 4-5 inches from the top, on broil. Watch it at all times, so it doesn't burn but is browned. Turn the flour with a spatula several times to brown it on all sides. Let cool, and then sift into a large bowl.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the room temperature butter and fruit sugar and beat until fluffy.
  • Add in the sifted browned flour, and rice flour to the butter mixture and combine until the dough comes together. Stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl a few times, and taking care not to over mix the dough.
  • Chop the pieces of Toblerone candy bar into large chunks about the size of a sugar cube, and mix the chopped Toblerone into the cookie dough, until it's evenly distributed.
  • Spoon tablespoons of batter onto a cookie sheet and bake at 300F for 50-60 minutes. Cool cookies on a wire rack, and store in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings | Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 66mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g
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Comments

  1. dnr says

    December 13, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    Jo-Anna, thanks so much. They're first cookie to be almost gone out of all five I made, so that must mean something. 😉
    Best, Dannyelle

  2. dnr says

    December 13, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    Krista,
    Thanks so much -such busy weeks this time of year, but now I'm enjoying the fruits of my labour and eating all the cookies. 😉
    Dannyelle

  3. Jo-Anna says

    December 12, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    5 stars
    Oh my, these cookies look so delicious...Toblerone and shortbread together, YES. And I'm so curious about the toasted flour, I really need to try this!

  4. Krista says

    December 11, 2018 at 11:20 pm

    Those look amazing! You've had a busy week baking. Thank you for sharing on the blog hop!

  5. dnr says

    December 11, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    Thanks Shannon, you need to try some. 😉
    Dannyelle

  6. dnr says

    December 11, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    Rhonda, thanks so very much.
    Dannyelle

  7. dnr says

    December 11, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    Tauni, thanks so much. Always fun hopping with you. 😉
    Dannyelle

  8. dnr says

    December 11, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    Ashley, thanks so much.
    Dannyelle

  9. Ashley says

    December 11, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    These look incredible! I love Toblerone too. Yum!

  10. Tauni says

    December 11, 2018 at 5:22 pm

    Well, this recipe sounds simply delicious. I can't wait to try it out. Fun participating in this hop with you! xo

  11. Rhonda Hallstrom says

    December 11, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    These look like the perfect cookies! Yum! Merry Christmas.

  12. Shannon Acheson says

    December 11, 2018 at 10:12 am

    5 stars
    Oh my gosh! Those look soooo yummy!

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