Shortbread recipe

reference: https://www.theendlessmeal.com/melt-in-your-mouth-shortbread/

• whipped

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups salted butter, at room temperature – see notes
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Position your oven rack in the middle of your oven.

2. Add the flour, butter, powdered sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla to a deep mixing bowl.

3 cups all-purpose flour,2 cups salted butter,1 cup powdered sugar,½ cup cornstarch,1 teaspoon vanilla

3. Begin mixing the ingredients using electric beaters at their lowest speed. Once the dry ingredients begin mixing with the butter and are not dusty anymore, increase the speed to medium.

4. A few minutes later, the dough will start to look like sand. Keep beating the dough for another 3-4 minutes and it will start to come together.

5. Once the dough comes together and your beaters start straining, increase the speed to high and beat the dough for another 1-2 minutes, or until it resembles thick whipped cream.

6. Drop the dough into small mounds (about 2-3 tablespoons) on a baking sheet. If using, gently press a dried cranberry into the tops of the cookies then bake for 15 minutes. It is best to bake one sheet of cookies at the same time. Use a new sheet pan for the next batch. The cookie dough must be added to a cool baking sheet. Colored candied cherries or dried cranberries

7. Let the cookies cool for at least 10 minutes then use an offset spatula or slotted fish spatula to remove the cookies from the sheet pan and transfer them to a cooling rack.

steps:

1. You'll start by slowly mixing the salted butter, flour, icing sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla using electric beaters at their lowest setting – this is to prevent a cloud of flour dust from flying out of the bowl. After a minute, the dough will no longer be dusty but will have larger chunks of butter coated in flour.

2. A few minutes later, when the dough starts to look like sand, turn the beaters up to medium speed. At this point, you'll likely think that it will never come together, but have patience and trust that it will.

3. Keep beating the sandy dough for 3-4 minutes and all of a sudden you will feel your beaters start to strain and the dough will come together.

4. Turn your beaters up to high and continue to beat the dough for another 1-2 minutes, or until it resembles thick whipped cream.