3 Ingredient Christmas Shortbread Cookies

 

My family loves shortbread cookies and this 3 ingredient recipe is a no fail recipe that anyone can make…and yes it tastes yum!

If you do plan to do cookie cutter shapes just make sure you don’t make your cookies too thin (like I did!) and use regular butter, not baking butter, while making these.

 

3 Ingredient Christmas Shortbread Cookies

(Credit:Linda @ All Recipes)

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Ingredients: 

2 cups butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

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Directions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cream butter and brown sugar. (I tried this while the butter was still cold, not at room temperature as I read this makes the cookies flaky and soft in comparison)
• Add 3 to 3 3/4 cups flour. Mix well.
• Sprinkle board with the remaining flour. Knead for 5 minutes, adding enough flour to make a soft dough.
• Roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 3×1 inch strips.
• Prick with fork and place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for about 20 minutes. (but keep checking on this as bake time varies oven to oven. Mine got slightly browned on the ends!)
• If you’d like sprinkle granulated sugar on the top while still warm

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