Marbled Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Marshmallow Ganache

I ‘invented’ these marbled cookies almost by accident. I originally planned to color my shortbread cookie dough with blue food coloring, intending to get a nice uniform color throughout. However, I added the dye too late in the process and what came out was an ‘interesting’ marbled effect. WHAT THA?

I should have added the food dye while first creaming the butter and sugar together- that way I could have blended the dye thoroughly in before adding the flour. But for some reason I decided to add the dye after the dough was completely formed and what came out was a marbled effect.

Should I throw out the dough and start again? No, I started to like these ‘new age’ cookies- maybe I could even call them ‘psychedelic cookies’ or even ‘tie-dyed cookies.’ No, I think I’ll call them ‘Marbled Shortbread Cookies’– sounds fancier.

In order to get the marbled dough effect, first completely make the shortbread dough: cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla, then add the flour to form the dough. Next add the food coloring and mix with the electric beaters. At this point, the food coloring won’t be able to blend thoroughly into the dough, so what you get is a crumbed, marbled effect.

Form the dough into small balls onto a baking sheet then press down to form the cookie shapes.

After they are baked and cooled, sandwich two cookies between a luscious chocolate/marshmallow ganache. You can eat them by themselves or serve them along side a chocolate sundae. Whatever we call these cookies (‘marbled’ or ‘psychedelic’) they sure do taste good!

Serve the cookies with a Chocolate Sundae

Tell me Dear Readers, have you ever made a recipe that turned out a lot different than you intended?