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Turn on to a work surface and gently roll out until the paste. Put the flour, butter and sugar into a mixing bowl. Use your hands to combine the ingredients until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs, then squeeze until it comes together as a dough. You can have Easy Shortbread Cookies using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy Shortbread Cookies

You need 1 cup of butter , softened.
You need 1/2 packed of brown sugar firmly cup.
It's 2 - 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar granulated.
It's 1 tsp of cinnamon ground.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sieve the sugar and flour together in to a medium sized mixing bowl. Thoroughly mix the sugar and flour together. Transfer the cookies to one of the parchment-lined baking sheets.

Easy Shortbread Cookies instructions

Combine butter, brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour. Beat, scraping bowl often, until mixture leaves sides of bowl and forms a smooth, soft dough..
Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a 6 x 2 inch round log. Wrap each log in plastic food wrap; refrigerate at least 2 hours..
Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut logs into 1/4-inch slices with sharp knife. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned on edges. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheets..
Stir together the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll warm cookies in cinnamon-sugar mixture..

When the dough starts to form add the vanilla extract. Roll out onto a lightly floured surface to your desired thickness and use a knife or cutter to cut out shapes. Transfer to the prepared baking tray. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.