How to Make Perfect Easy Shortbread Cookies

Easy Shortbread Cookies. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. This quick and easy shortbread will literally melt when you take a bite. Great for Christmas parties with a little bit of decorating. When it comes to our favorite holiday cookies, sometimes less is more and our easy shortbread cookies prove it. Less ingredients—these cookies only have four—and less work.

Just mix the batter, cut out your cookies and bake. Come to think of it, their flavors are simple, too. Each batch will be buttery-sweet with that light, crumbly texture no easy shortbread cookie should be without. You can have Easy Shortbread Cookies using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Shortbread Cookies

1. It's 50 grams of Powdered sugar.
2. Prepare 100 grams of Butter (or margarine).
3. Prepare 150 grams of All-purpose flour or cake flour.

Easy Shortbread Cookies - Buttery, crumbly and light classic shortbread cookies that are easy to make with the minimal amount of ingredients you ALWAYS have in your kitchen! Make the classic version or scottish shortbread. With tip % s and tricks to make these cookies easily for any occasion! Easy Shortbread Cookies Recipe is delicious and easy to make dessert, snack and traditional Christmas treat.

Easy Shortbread Cookies instructions

1. Add powdered sugar to the softened butter (I microwave it for 20 seconds to soften) and mix well with a whisk. If using unsalted butter, add a pinch of salt..
2. Add flour (no sifting needed) and mix with the whisk. Knead the mixture until it's no longer floury. Don't worry if it is rough and crumbly at first, it will be smooth shortly..
3. Tear the dough, flatten each piece to a 1cm thickness and place on a baking pan. Poke holes with a fork. The dough will increase to 1.5 times its original size..
4. Bake in a 355F/180C oven for 10 minutes, then flip the baking tray around and bake for a further 3 minutes (adjust the cooking time accordingly) to bake evenly. Pay attention to the color on the edges..
5. No matter how long you have been baking them, take the cookies out of the oven once they become light brown on the edges. Cool on the baking pan (they will continue to cook from the residual heat), and they are done..
6. Here, I shaped the dough into a square log in plastic film and sliced it to make them like English style shortbread cookies. The dough can be cut with a knife easily even at room temperature. It is very easy to handle, so it's great to make cut-out cookies..
7. They are also delicious with chocolate chips added to the dough. Add the same amount as the sugar. Try them also with cocoa or coffee..

Classic shortbread cookies recipe uses only three ingredients: salted butter, powdered sugar and flour. If you add a hint of vanilla extract, you'll have the best shortbread cookies ever. It was the first shortbread recipe I ever made, and I've never found a better one. The ingredients are so basic and easy that you'll soon have them memorized. Other recipes don't seem to produce the same perfect texture and flavor.