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    Home » Cookies » Shortbread Cookies

    Shortbread Cookies

    by Lainey · Posted: Mar 4, 2014 · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    drying the chocolate ganache

    These Shortbread cookies are so easy to make, delicious and use just 3 ingredients! Dipping each cookie in chocolate ganache takes these shortbread cookies to another level of deliciousness! 

    shortbread cookies on a white plate

    Whenever Christmas comes around, I always stop by Costco and pick up the huge box of shortbread cookies!  I can eat these cookies for days on and never get tired of them! So me being me, I decided to try making some using only three ingredients; all-purpose flour, sugar, and butter.  Yes, I did use chocolate ganache to dip the cookies, but it is optional.

    The plain shortbread cookies were very tasty and reminded me of the shortbread cookies you can buy at the store.  The chocolate dipped shortbread cookies were also good, but it reminded me of a regular cookie.  What do you think the chocolate cookie tastes like?

    shortbread cookies on a white plate

    Tips on How to Make Shortbread Cookies:

    • Before mixing the dry ingredients like all-purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar, sift them individually. This easy but very important step would make your cookies nice and evenly textured. It wouldn’t be fun biting into a lump of flour in between 🙂
    • Poke each cookie with a fork before popping them onto the oven. This will not only give you perfect, flat cookies but it will also add to the pretty look of each cookie.
    • Make sure that the butter is soft at room temperature. Hard butter takes a long time to go fluffy.
    • If you love making cookies fancy, you can sprinkle a bit of edible gold glitters on the part where there’s chocolate ganache.

    How to Make Shortbread Cookies:

    These are the ingredients that you will need:

    • butter, softened
    • brown sugar
    • all-purpose flour

    Preheat oven to 300 F. On an ungreased cookie sheet, use parchment paper or a baking mat.

    In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy:

    creaming the butter and sugar

    Gradually add flour until well combined:

    cookie dough for shortbread cookies

    Lightly flour work area and roll out cookie dough until your desired thickness:

    flattening the cookie dough using a rolling pin

    Slice or cookie-cut each cookie dough and place on the cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes:

    poking holes into the cookies using a fork
    After you take the cookies out from the oven, place them on top of a cooling rack and let it cool completely, like so:
    cooling down the cookies on a rack
    When the cookies are cooled completely, dip each cookie onto a bowl with chocolate ganache. Just dip half of the cookie:
    dipping the cookies onto the ganache
    Let the chocolate ganache dry by placing each cookie on a parchment paper:
    drying the chocolate ganache
    Look how pretty these cookies are! Can you believe that it was so easy to make? I challenge you, Simply Bakers to try this recipe at home!
    shortbread cookies with ganache

    Frequently Asked Questions for the Shortbread Cookies:

    Q: Can I freeze this cookie dough a few days before baking?

    A: Sure, you can. Just make sure to thaw it before baking.

    Q: How many cookies did this recipe make?

    A: I have made about 24 cookies or two dozens cookies using this recipe.

    Q: Can I make big cookies out of this recipe?

    A: I do not advise making very large cookies as it will affect the cooking time and also the quality of the cookies.


    Here are more delicious cookie recipes to try:
    • Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
    • Sunbutter Cookies – 5 Ingredients only – Nut & Dairy Free
    • Funfetti Lemon Cake Mix Cookies
    • Christmas Tree Shortbread Cookies
    • Nutella Stuffed Cookies
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    Shortbread Cookies

    Try baking these easy, delicious and pretty Shortbread cookies dipped in a rich, chocolate ganache! This recipe uses just 3 ingredients and is so easy to bake.
    Author: Lainey

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup butter softened
    • ½ cup packed brown sugar
    • 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 300 F. On ungreased cookie sheet, se parchment paper or baking mat.
    • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy and gradually add flour until well combined.
    • Lightly flour work area and roll out cookie dough until your desired thickness. Slice or cookie cut each cookie dough and place on cookie sheet.
    • Bake for 25 minutes.
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    1. Glendale says

      November 27, 2018 at 12:21 pm

      I love how you come up with amazing recipes! Make some more!

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      • Lainey says

        February 25, 2020 at 2:20 am

        Thank you for your kind words, Glendale! You inspire me to make more delicious recipes!

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