Easy Shortbread Cookie Recipe

This 4-ingredient shortbread cookie recipe is super easy to make! This rich and delicious shortbread recipe can be used to make a large shortbread cookie (cut into diagonal slices), or cut and shaped before baking to make individual shortbread cookies. Incredibly tasty, this shortbread simply melts in your mouth.

Shortbread Cookie Recipe

This is a basic shortbread cookie recipe. It uses only 4-ingredients but is so rich as to be almost decadent. It will melt in your mouth. Cookie recipes do not get easier than this one!

Shortbread Cookie Recipe Notes:

If you form a large circle, you can do it inside a tart pan or without a pan. Make certain your cut your cookies before you bake!! This will allow them to come apart cleanly. You can use a square pan too, but again, cut before baking.

You do not have to make this as one large cookie. You can form or shape your shortbread into cookies, stamp them with a cookie press, use a cookie cutter, etc. The butter spreads though, so be aware of this.

● 16 tablespoons of butter = 1 cup of butter in the US = 2 sticks.

● For my UK and Australian friends: confectioners sugar is icing sugar (powdered sugar, 10x).

Shortbread Cookie Ingredients:

● 16 TBSP unsalted Butter, softened
● ¼ cup Confectioners Sugar
● 2 cups All-purpose Flour
● dash of Salt

Shortbread Cookie Mise en Place:

● Stand Mixer, bowl and beaters or hand mixer
● Spatula
● Baking Sheet or Tart Pan or Springform Pan
● Rolling Pin
● Knife
● Measuring Cup
● Cooling Rack

Shortbread Cookie Directions:

● In a mixing bowl using a stand mixer, use the paddle mixer attachment to cream together 16 tablespoons of butter (2 sticks) and ¼ cup confectioners sugar.

● Combine 2 cups all-purpose flour and a dash of salt in a separate bowl.

● Gradually add flour mixture into butter mixture on low speed. It will eventually come together.

● Turn shortbread dough out onto a counter and form a ball.

● Cover the entire ball of dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate to chill overnight.
● Remove the chilled shortbread dough ball from refrigerator and allow to sit on a counter for at least 15 minutes before rolling and cutting.
● Preheat oven to 350°.

● Roll out dough to 3/8″ thick and cut into shapes, bars or wedges or pat in a spring-form or tart pan at ½” – ¾” thick. (Cut before baking!)
● Bake for 15 minutes at 350°

● Reduce heat to 300° and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges.

● Cool on a wire rack.

● Store in an airtight container.

Yield: 1

Easy Shortbread Cookie Recipe

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This 4-ingredient shortbread cookie recipe is super easy to make! This rich and delicious shortbread recipe can be used to make a large shortbread cookie (cut into diagonal slices), or cut and shaped before baking to make individual shortbread cookies. Incredibly tasty, this shortbread simply melts in your mouth.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Additional Time 12 hours

Total Time 12 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 16 TBSP unsalted Butter, softened
• ¼ cup Confectioners Sugar
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• dash of Salt

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl using a stand mixer, use the paddle mixer attachment to cream together 16 tablespoons of butter (2 sticks) and ¼ cup confectioners sugar.
2. Combine 2 cups all-purpose flour and a dash of salt in a separate bowl.
3. Gradually add flour mixture into butter mixture on low speed. It will eventually come together.
4. Turn shortbread dough out onto counter and form a ball.
5. Cover the entire ball of dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate to chill overnight.
6. Remove the chilled shortbread dough ball from refrigerator and allow to sit on counter for at least 15 minutes before rolling and cutting.
7. Preheat oven to 350°.
8. Roll out dough to 3/8" thick and cut into shapes, bars or wedges or pat in a spring-form or tart pan at ½" – ¾" thick. (cut before baking!)
9. Bake for 15 minutes at 350°
10. Reduce heat to 300° and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges.
11. Cool on a wire rack.
12. Store in an air tight container.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 165Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 12mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 2g

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