Christmas Shortbread
Deliciously easy christmas shortbread recipe, you wont be able to put these cookies down!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 cup Butter (cold)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°
- In a food processor, blend the flour and sugar with a metal blade.
- Cut the butter into chunks and add to the food processor gradually, mixing between additions. When all the butter is added, process until the mixture turns into crumbly bits - it resembles wet sand.
- Add the mixture into a plastic bag, and mash together into a ball and knead the dough in the bag just until the mixture holds together. Try and handle the dough as little as possible.
- Divide the dough into 2 equal portions. Press each portion into a 9 in square pan and press down with your fingers.
- Sprinkle colored sugar sprinkles over the dough.
- Bake for 1 hour, when finished baking, the shortbread should be a pale color with a light golden tint on the edges.
- Remove from the oven and let the shortbread sit for 10-15 minutes
- Remove from the pans when still slightly warm, cut the shortbread into desired pieces when still warm.
Notes
If you are going to use an electric mixer - take your butter out of the fridge 30 minutes before to soften it a little. And then cream the butter in the mixer FIRST before adding the flour and sugar.