How to Make Shortbread Cookies!

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How to Make Shortbread Cookies!

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Prepare your ingredients

Prepare your ingredients

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Preheat your oven to 275 F

Preheat your oven to 275 F

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Beat the butter until fluffy

Beat the butter until fluffy

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Gradually add the cornstarch

Gradually add the cornstarch

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Then gradually add the sugar

Then gradually add the sugar

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It should look like this!

It should look like this!

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Then use a wooden spoon to beat in the flour 1/4 cup at a time

Then use a wooden spoon to beat in the flour 1/4 cup at a time

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Flour a smooth surface and shape your dough into a disc

Flour a smooth surface and shape your dough into a disc

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Roll out your dough into 1/4 inch thickness!

Roll out your dough into 1/4 inch thickness!

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Use cookie cutters to cut your dough

Use cookie cutters to cut your dough

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Put them on a cookie sheet with parchment paper

Put them on a cookie sheet with parchment paper

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And pop them into the oven for 40 to 50 minutes, until it's firm to the touch!

And pop them into the oven for 40 to 50 minutes, until it's firm to the touch!

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Take them out of the oven...

Take them out of the oven...

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And enjoy anyway you like:)

And enjoy anyway you like:)

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5 Comments
Supplies

1 Cup Softened unsalted butter

3 Tablespoons Cornstarch

1 ¾ Cups All purpose flour

¼ Cups Sugar

Hadiza Bello

Do I have to use the cornstarch?

Hadiza Bello 5 days ago

Linda O.

Thank you! I love shortbread :) maybe there should be a guide for people to learn to use the supply tab LOL

Linda O. 7 months ago

Carman Wong

The measurements are under the supplies list

(author) 7 months ago

Keisha Pagan

No measurements

Keisha Pagan 7 months ago

Helena Bigelow

Yummy!

Helena Bigelow 7 months ago

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