I made these
Iced Shortbread Cookies
Iced Shortbread Cookies
for Christmas this year.
Sprinkled with sparkling sugar.
(Melt in your mouth cookies)
Sprinkled with sparkling sugar.
(Melt in your mouth cookies)
I used the basic shortbread recipe ,
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose Flour
1/4 tsp. salt.
1 cup unsalted Butter at room temperature
1/2 cup Icing Sugar (powdered sugar)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
With an electric beater or hand beater,
beat the butter until smooth,
about 1 minute.
Add the icing sugar and
beat until smooth,
about 2 minutes.
Add in the vanilla.
In a bowl whisk together the flour and salt.
Gently stir in the flour mixture
into the butter mixture.
Flatten the dough into a disk shape,
wrap in plastic wrap and chill
the dough for at least a half hour.
Preheat oven to 350 deg.
With the rack in the middle of the oven,
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough,
approx. 1/4 inch thick.
If you like them thinner, roll out 1/8 inch thick.
Cut out the cookies with cookie cutters.
Place the unbaked cookies,
on the baking sheet, in the
refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
This will firm up the dough and
This will firm up the dough and
prevent it from losing it shape while cooking.
Bake for about 10-15 minutes,
or until cookie edges are lightly browned.
or until cookie edges are lightly browned.
Cool on a wire rack.
For the frosting/icing:
1 cup icing sugar/powdered sugar,
(sifted to eliminate any lumps)
mix in 2 tbsp. milk and
1 tsp vanilla.
(add milk if too thick or
icing sugar if too thin)
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