🍪Shortbread Vanilla Cookies🍪. Discard the top sheet of parchment. Shortbread cookies are supposed to have a short ingredient list because they are made with the basics: butter, sugar, & flour. Vanilla is also a must for me, I love vanilla so much! It's rare for me to make a dessert that doesn't have vanilla in it. If your looking for a high quality vanilla extract Nielsen-Massey makes one of my favorites!
European-style butter pushes the already incredible crumbly richness of classic.
Soft vanilla shortbread cookies are tasty and fun to give out as gifts.
In fact, I made this batch of shortbread cookies with icing and sprinkles to give out as a small act of service.
You can have 🍪Shortbread Vanilla Cookies🍪 using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of 🍪Shortbread Vanilla Cookies🍪
- Prepare 400 g of Plain Flour (3 & 1/3 cups).
- It's 1 of tsb Baking Powder.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- You need 1 of Large Egg.
- It's 225 g of Sugar (1 &1/2 cups).
- You need 225 g of Butter (1 cup).
- It's 2 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
- Prepare 25 g of unsweetened Cocoa Powder (1/4 cup).
December is a month of giving and I encourage everyone to perform a small act of service every day until Christmas. This easy recipe guarantees perfectly crumbly, buttery, melt-in-the-mouth vanilla shortbread cookies every single time. 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!
🍪Shortbread Vanilla Cookies🍪 step by step
- In a separate bowl whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt. Set aside..
- In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the butter until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes). Beat in the egg n vanilla extract..
- Gently stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated aftr the mixing. the dough into a two equal parts one part of dough back in a mixing bowl n add in a cocoa powder n mix 2,3 min now u have one vanilla doughn one chocolate now the dough wrap in plastic wrap, and chill the dough for at least 3 hour or until firm..
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) with the rack in the middle of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper..
- On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough into a 1/4 inch (.6 cm) thick circle. Cut into rounds,heart-shaped or other shapes using a lightly floured cookie cutter. Place on the prepared baking sheets and place in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. (This will firm up the dough so the cookies will maintain their shape when baked.) Bake for 8 - 10 minutes, or until cookies are very lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack..
- Shortbread cookies with keep in an airtight container for about a week or they can be left over dough frozen. Makes about 20 shortbread cookies. #NOTE-: If u use heart-shaped cookie cutter seem like mine cut in to the middle wth the tiny littel heart n swap them..
I followed the recipe exactly and let the dough chill in the fridge for a half hour before rolling it out and using cookie cutters vs. a cookie press. Store-bought shortbread from a holiday cookie tin are very good. Delicious vanilla-flavored shortbread cookies made with only four ingredients! The perfect holiday cookie recipe to share with friends and family or give as a gift. Gluten-free flour can be easily substituted so everyone can enjoy.