Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, shortbread cookies. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This shortbread cookie is a traditional Scottish recipe. These are round cookies sandwiched with jam and topped off with a delicious icing and a cherry. By Marcie Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar.
Shortbread Cookies is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Shortbread Cookies is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shortbread cookies using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shortbread Cookies:
- Make ready 1 Cup softened butter or margarine
- Make ready 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- Make ready 3/4 Cup Icing Sugar
- Make ready 1/2 Cup Cornstarch
- Prepare 2 tsp Vanilla
If the cookies spread during baking, this means the butter warmed up too much while you were working with the dough. Next time, pop the tray with the piped cookies into the fridge or freezer until the cookies are firm to. Sift in flour and cornstarch and blend together using a pastry cutter until the ingredients all come together. These cookies are called Shortbread because the term "short" is used to describe cookies and pastries with a tender, crumbly melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Steps to make Shortbread Cookies:
- Sift the flour and cornstarch together and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until the mixture turns to a pale color. Add vanilla extract and mix further.
- Add in the flour in three additions and mix between the additions until a soft dough is formed.
- Remove the dough from the bowl onto a floured surface and gather it together with your hands. Roll it gently and cut into desired shapes using a cookie cutter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for between 15 and 20 minutes until the edges turn light brown. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on a rack. Enjoy.
The same terminology is used for short crust pastries used in things like Quiche and Pecan Pie. Transfer the shortbread wedges to a rack to cool. Here are a few suggestions: Drizzle with melted caramel; Spread with melted chocolate, and sprinkle with nuts; Set aside two shortbread cookies, and spread the remainder of the cookies with a thick layer of jam or preserves. These were so easy to make and yet turned out fabulous. It's great when such simple ingredients come together to create something so delicious!
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