It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... and that means Christmas cookies all over the house! One of my favorites that I like to kick start the season with is the Shortbread Cookie recipe. It's so simple and fool-proof and the ingredients are almost always already on hand.
3 ingredients and 5 steps!
3 ingredients and 5 steps!
Hands down the easiest cookie recipe out there and always seems to yield in very satisfying results:
Cookie Batter:
2 sticks of butter, softened
2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of powdered sugar
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, blend together the butter, flour and sugar until it forms a dough.
3. On a floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough to your desired thickness.
4. Using cookie cutters (if you don't have cookie cutters, you can just use the top of a glass and make circle cookies!), form the cookies and place on a parchment paper lined baking tray.
5. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes, until the dough has settled, but before the cookies brown.
Let cool before frosting.
Frosting:
1 cup of powdered sugar
Drop of water
Start with the sugar, add a tiny amount of water (you don't need much) and stir. Continue to add water to the desired consistency. Use food coloring and/or sprinkles as desired.
Start with the sugar, add a tiny amount of water (you don't need much) and stir. Continue to add water to the desired consistency. Use food coloring and/or sprinkles as desired.
