Name: Buttery Shortbread Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 cups butter; 1½ cups white sugar; ½ cup confectioners' sugar; 1 cup cornstarch; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 egg; ¼ cup white sugar

Buttery Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Guillemette Vogt Modified: February 28, 2024

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How To Make Buttery Shortbread Cookies

Give in to your cravings with these shortbread cookies that are rich and buttery. Also, it only takes a few minutes to make a batch of these cookies!

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Cool Time: 5 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2cupsbutter,softened
1½cupswhite sugar
½cupconfectioners’ sugar
1cupcornstarch
3cupsall-purpose flour,divided
1egg
¼cupwhite sugar,or as needed

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Beat butter, white sugar, and confectioners’ sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in cornstarch and 2 cups of flour.
Make a well in the center of the dough; add egg and mix well. Knead the remaining 1 cup flour into the dough using your hands until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Roll dough into walnut-sized balls. Pour the additional white sugar into a bowl; dip top of each ball in sugar.
Arrange balls on a baking sheet. Slightly flatten each ball using the bottom of a drinking glass.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.