Recipe: Perfect Shortbread Cookie

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Shortbread Cookie. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar. This iconic shortbread recipe is as simple as mixing butter, flour and sugar together to create a dough that's not too sweet but oh-so delicious.

Shortbread Cookie Luckily they're even easier to make than chocolate chip cookies. And they're perfect for dipping in. Chocolate chip is great, but nothing quite matches the crumbly goodness of a classic shortbread cookie. You can cook Shortbread Cookie using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shortbread Cookie

  1. It's 225 grms of Cold Butter.
  2. You need 1/2 cup of Powdered Sugar.
  3. It's 2 cups of Whole wheat flour.

We've got all the tips, tricks and how-tos right here. These were so easy to make and yet turned out fabulous. It's great when such simple ingredients come together to create something so delicious! I followed the recipe exactly and let the dough chill in the fridge for a half hour before rolling it out and using cookie cutters vs. a cookie press.

Shortbread Cookie instructions

  1. Whisk the butter till creamy. Shortbread Cookie
  2. Add sugar and whisk well for 7 to 10 mins.
  3. Gradually add flour and whisk well. Use all the flour till a soft dough is formed. Refrigerate for 30 mins.
  4. Take the dough and place between two butter paper and roll the dough.
  5. Cut desired shapes with the help of cookie cutter and then remove the scrapes and reroll.
  6. Make holes so the cookies don't puff up.Bake them in preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10 to 15 mins.
  7. Let the cookies cool on a rack till cool.

Shortbread is a great cookie-jar cookie, in that it keeps well at room temperature for several days. I live in the desert, so I keep them in a container to prevent them from drying out—however, when I lived in Michigan and Oregon, the humidity was the enemy. Because shortbreads have a high fat content, they must be handled carefully to prevent crumbling. To store, arrange your cookies in a single layer, adding a piece of parchment or waxed paper between layers. Crisp and flavorful, these shortbread-style cookies, while totally delicious in and of themselves, shouldn't just be eaten alone.