Short Bread Cookies
September 4, 2010 12:08 am 185Shortbread Cookie Recipe
For those of you who like to have a very simple cookie with their tea or coffee, this shortbread butter cookie cooking instructions produce the best cookie just for you!
The secret to making good shortbread is to employing a best quality butter and pure vanilla extract. Butter in the States is graded based on flavor, color, texture, aroma and body and one simple way to tell the quality of the butter is by the letter code or numerical number noted on the butter’s package. The highest level is AA (93 score), then A (92 score), pursued by B (90 score). Buying vanilla extract can also be different as there are so much choices. The first task is to make sure that it is labeled “pure”.
If your budget doesn’t give means for this specific item or you cannot locate it, don’t worry, there are quality brands to be found in your local grocery store.
Shortbread Cookies Ingredients
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups all purpose flour
Shortbread Cookie Recipe Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stir butter and sugar in large bowl. Mix in flour. If dough is crumbly, stir in another 1 to 2 tablespoons of softened butter.
Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness and cut dough with cookie cutters into desired shapes. The dough can even be cut with a knife into wedges or strips for interesting designs. Bake about 20 minutes or until firm. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Butter cookies
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
1.In a big bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then Mix in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; Stir into the sugar mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour. Chill cookie sheets.
2.Preheat stove to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Press dough out onto ungreased, chilled cookie sheets.
3.Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown at the edges. Take them off the cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
