Christmas baking! Short Bread cookies

Short Bread Cookies

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

 

1/2 cup Corn starch          125ml

1/2 cup icing sugar           125ml

1 cup flour                        250ml

3/4 cup butter, softened    175ml

 

 

Sift together corn starch, icing sugar and flour. Blend butter until soft. smooth dough forms. Shape into 1 inch balls or use what ever cookie cutter you would like. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet spaced out.

Bake on 300F for 15-20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Then place on a cooling rack. makes about 24 cookies.

 

If dough is to soft to handle then cover and chill for 30-60 minutes.

 

Decorate as you please.

 

I use maraschino cherries, cut them in half. Place them on your cookies before you bake them. Same as the sugared candy, or nuts. I put them on before I bake them.

You can also dip the ends in melted chocolate as well when they are cooled.

 

There are a few things I do a little different. I use my kitchen aide mixer so the dough is like a whipped shortbread, the dough is fluffy and I used baking stones as well. Makes a big difference to me.

 

 

   Dough with everything mixed

 

 

 

Rolled dough using cookie cutter.

 



                                                      

 

                                                                                                         

 

 

  Cookies on cooling rack.