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Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 to 1 Tbsp milk, only if needed
  • Large crystal sugar for garnish (optional)
Preparation
  1. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together. Add vanilla and salt and then combine. Add flour to butter mixture and finish with tablespoon of milk if too dry. Dough should be texture of dry Play-Doh.
  2. On floured surface roll out dough to 1/2” thickness. Cut into 2” rounds or other shapes using cookie cutter. Alternately, you can press cookies into cookie molds if desired. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  3. Preheat oven to 350˚F. Take cookies out of fridge 5 minutes before baking. Optional: garnish each cookie with a sprinkle of large crystal sugar before baking.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are just beginning to turn golden. Remove to cooling rack for 15 minutes before serving.
Sometimes the classics are the best.
Course: Dessert
Diet(s): Vegetarian, Vegetarian
Allergen(s): Gluten, Milk, Gluten, Milk

Recipe adapted from Lil Luna.

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Classic Shortbread Cookies

Not too sweet, just right.

Classic Shortbread Cookies

4.6 from 31 votes
Cuisine: British
Servings: Makes 24 cookies
Author: Rose Heichelbech
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 2 hours 15 minutes
Chill: 20 minutes
Total: 2 hours 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 to 1 Tbsp milk, only if needed
  • Large crystal sugar for garnish (optional)

Preparation

  1. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together. Add vanilla and salt and then combine. Add flour to butter mixture and finish with tablespoon of milk if too dry. Dough should be texture of dry Play-Doh.
  2. On floured surface roll out dough to 1/2” thickness. Cut into 2” rounds or other shapes using cookie cutter. Alternately, you can press cookies into cookie molds if desired. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  3. Preheat oven to 350˚F. Take cookies out of fridge 5 minutes before baking. Optional: garnish each cookie with a sprinkle of large crystal sugar before baking.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are just beginning to turn golden. Remove to cooling rack for 15 minutes before serving.