Shortbread Cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes Start to Finish: 40 minutes
Makes: 2 dozen cookies Calories per Cookie: 100
One of my all time favorite cookies to eat since I was a little girl are the cookies found in the big blue round tin that come around once a year during the holidays (also known as the Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies). I wasn't trying to figure out how to make these...but I just happened to stumble upon a recipe that tastes EXACTLY like these delicious cookies that I love so much.
The best thing about it, is that Betty Crocker's Shortbread Cookie recipe has only 3 ingredients! It doesn't get any easier than that. Most of us have these ingredients on hand, so we can whip up a batch at any time. You can spruce these cookies up by dipping them in chocolate, adding ginger to the recipe, even stirring toffee bits into the flour. However, I decided to make a traditional batch because thats just the way I like them.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 5 tbsp sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, stir butter and 4 tablespoons of the sugar until well mixed. Stir in flour. (If dough is crumbly, mix in 1 to 2 tablespoons more softened butter).
- Roll out dough 1/2 in thick on lightly floured surface (I ended up making mine a little thinner); sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Cut into small shapes with knife or use cookie cutters. **I did do this, but once I cut out the first round, I had to roll out the dough again, and the sugar got mixed in. So for the later batches I ended up adding sugar to each individual cookie once they were already cut out** On ungreased cookie sheets, place shapes 1/2 inch apart.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until set. (Since mine were thinner, I only baked mine for 12 minutes. Keep an eye. When they start to set and turn a soft golden brown on the edges take them out.) Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.
These cookies were so easy to make! I actually used a small heart fruit cutter to make cookies that were bite size. They came out great, and my friends were grabbing handfuls at a time! So get your bake on, get creative, and make some of these homemade shortbread cookies that are guaranteed to satisfy any cookie craving.
<3 P.S.
The recipe says it only makes two dozen cookies. This is all relative on how thick or thin you roll the dough out, and how big you cut your cookies. When I baked these, I made well over 40 cookies. Keep in mind both of these factors will alter the bake time, so keep a close eye!