"Melting chocolate with shortening helps the chocolate set without the need to temper it. You can omit the shortening and the dipping, and instead drizzle plain melted chocolate on the cookies...."
INGREDIENTS
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8 oz. (1 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
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1/2 tsp. table salt
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10 oz. (2-1/4 cups) all-purpose flour
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2 Tbs. finely ground espresso coffee beans
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9 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
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1 Tbs. vegetable shortening