Recipe: Tasty Whipped Shortbread Cookies

Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Whipped Shortbread Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. A party with a tray of cookies is always better In a large bowl, combine butter, flour, and confectioners' sugar. Place a piece of maraschino cherry onto the middle of each cookie, alternating between red and green.

Whipped Shortbread Cookies Whipped shortbread cookies are light as air with a delicious buttery flavor. They melt in your mouth because they're so soft, and only require a few simple ingredients. I like tall puffy cookies, but if you prefer flatter ones, press them down slightly. You can have Whipped Shortbread Cookies using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Whipped Shortbread Cookies

  1. Prepare 3 cups of butter, softened.
  2. You need 1 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar, sifted.
  3. Prepare 4 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
  4. You need 1 1/2 cups of cornstarch.
  5. Prepare of toppings of your choice. I used butterscotch and cherry chips.

Add in the vanilla extract if using and beat for another minute. Stir in the flour on low speed until just combined. Whipped shortbread cookies have to be one of my most favorite cookies of all time. Buttery, tender and LITERALLY melt in your mouth cookies studded with sweet green or red cherries.

Whipped Shortbread Cookies instructions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour and cornstarch, beating until well blended..
  2. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets (I used parchment paper). Press lightly with a floured fork. Top with anything you want, or nothing at all..
  3. Bake at 300 degrees for 22 minutes or until bottoms are lightly brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to write racks..

They're the best, I tell you!! Shortbread cookies - it's what Christmas is all about! These Buttery Whipped Shortbread Cookies are absolutely delicious! Extremely tender and buttery cookies with a light crumb and a pretty dusting of sprinkles. In my final week of posting recipes before Christmas, I had to share one more cookie recipe!