Easy Holiday Shortbread Cookies

Submitted by Ms. Lizz — December 10, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Ingredients

1 cup (two sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 Tbsp packed light brown sugar

1/4 tsp salt

2 cups all purpose flour

Cooking Instructions

Beat butter, powdered sugar,brown sugar and salt in a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Shape dough into 14 inch long log. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, refrigerate 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 300*F. Cut log into 1/2 inch slices; place on ungreased cookie sheets

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheets; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes 28 cookies

(1 cookie per serving)

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butterfly_8 butterfly­_8 December 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Thanks for sharing . This is right on time for the holidays. I love the fact this is so easy to perepare.