Christmas Shortbread. Add festive flavours like cinnamon or orange to a classic base or try making reindeer biscuits with the kids. You need to add this lovely Christmas Shortbread Cookies to your Christmas! Holidays are coming and all of us are in that holiday mood so you want something nice sweet and funny for you and your children and something which is going to make these holiday. Christmas shortbread is a delightful tradition to start with friends and family. Personalise the shortbread for amazing DIY Christmas gifts.

I'm completely in love with this shortbread recipe! Until I tried this recipe, I always believed that a good shortbread cookie was the result of kneading, chilling, and rolling shortbread dough before using fancy cookie cutters. Shortbread is a traditional Christmas treat that's loved by many. You can have Christmas Shortbread using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Christmas Shortbread

Prepare 250 g of butter , at room temperature.
Prepare 3/4 cup of icing sugar mixture.
You need 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
It's 2 cups of plain flour.
You need 1 teaspoon of cinnamon ground.
You need 1/4 cup of sugar raw.
It's 1 cup of icing sugar.
It's of water.
You need of green and yellow food dye.
Prepare of Red edible pearl decorations or M & M.

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Christmas Shortbread instructions

Use an electric beater to beat together the butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl until pale and creamy..
Stir in the flour and cinnamon until the dough comes together. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Shape into a disc and cover with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge for 15 minutes to rest..
Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of non-stick baking paper until 5mm thick. Use a 5cm-diameter star-shaped pastry cutter to cut 65 stars from the dough. Place on lined trays. Place trays in the freezer for 15 minutes to chill..
Bake for 12-15 minutes at 160 degrees until it is golden. Set aside on the trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
To make your frosting / Icing: Mix your confectioners sugar with a few drops of water and stir..
In seperate bowls, add the food dye to reach desired color of green and yellow..
Frost each cookie for the trees..
Stack the cookies on top of each other binding each layer with a drop of frosting..
Once dry, place your pearl decorations on the points of the stars..
Finish the tree by placing the star on top!!! Enjoy this cookie :).

With shortbread recipes galore, this story shows you how to make shortbread into the stars of your Christmas cookie tray. The recipe makes a pretty large amount and they are pretty quick to make, since you only have to cut the dough, so perfect for last minute baking. Try making these easy, buttery shortbread biscuits for an afternoon activity with the kids. This recipe also works as homemade Christmas presents, with chocolate chips or orange zest added the dough. Bake Ina Garten's chocolate-dipped Shortbread Cookies for the perfect bite with tea, from Barefoot Contessa on Food Network.