Buttery Vanilla Shortbread

Name: Buttery Vanilla Shortbread
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes 24 shortbread cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup sugar; Pinch of salt; 1 stick unsalted butter, melted; 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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By Gail Simmons

January 2010

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Recipe Summary

active:

15 mins

total:

45 mins

Yield:

Makes 24 shortbread cookies

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350°. In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and vanilla and pulse until evenly moistened. Turn the crumbs out onto a large piece of parchment paper and press into a disk.

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Step 2
Cover with another sheet of parchment paper and roll out the dough to a rough 8-by-11-inch rectangle. Discard the top sheet of parchment. Trim the edges to form a 7-by-10-inch rectangle. Slide the dough along with the parchment onto a large baking sheet. Using a straight edge and a sharp knife, score the dough into 24 bars. Poke the dough all over with a fork and freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.
Step 3
Bake the dough until golden, about 25 minutes. While the shortbread is still warm, cut it into bars. Let cool before serving.

Make Ahead

The shortbread can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Serve With

Tangy Lemon Parfaits with Tart Cherries.

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02/10/2022

I wish I could add photos. This was the most EPIC baking fail in my life of baking! .😂😂

I spent about an hour making short bread cookie dough, rolling it out, freezing it, and then cutting it with heart- shaped cookie cutters.

Then I sorted through lots of mini alphabet cookie stamps to write names, letter by letter, in each cookie.

You just would never believe how they came out!
I opened the oven door to find the entire baking sheet covered with cooked dough.
The cookie hearts had all melted together. I double checked the oven temperature and the ingredients and I had followed the recipe exactly.
I have no idea what happened to these cookies but I will not be making them again!

Mide

10/20/2018

bland and dry. These are not even close to tasting like shortbread cookies.

Nancie LaPier

07/25/2017

skinny, over-cooked and tasteless and I followed the recipe exactly

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