Aunt Georgia's Shortbread Cookies
"Growing up these were my very favorite cookies. My Aunt Georgia would make dozens of these during the holidays, along with many other of her scrumptious desert specialties. I was fortunate that she shared her recipes with me before she passed on. Now I make the goodies and these are still a favorite, especially with my Mom and Sister. She only used Land O' Lakes butter and I've found that if I use any other brand they just don't taste like Aunt Georgia's. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!"
- Ready In:
- 38mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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36 cookies
ingredients
- 1 lb butter, softened (DO NOT use margarine)
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 1⁄4 cups flour
directions
- Cream together butter and sugars.
- Add in egg yolks and vanilla.
- Gradually add in flour.
- Roll teaspoon sized balls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Flatten with tines of a fork the way you would peanut butter cookies.
- Sprinkle with colored sugars or sprinkles if desired.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes.
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Reviews
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Aunt Georgia rocks!!! These simple and easy cookies are old-fashioned goodness in a bite. I did use the Land O'Lakes as directed, and will look forward to making these during the holidays. Please give us some more of Aunt Georgia's recipes! Made for Spring PAC 2011.
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Hello, I'm the mom of 2 freakishly opposite daughters, one who will eat anything I put in front of her, and one who sustains herself with potato chips & Eggo waffles. I work at an elementary school in a first grade general-ed classroom with an autistic boy. As you can imagine, everyday is a new adventure...some more fun than others!
I love to cook, sew, and make things out of recycled stuff. I can recycle just about anything. We grow a garden in the summer, so that keeps me pretty busy.
I rarely measure ingredients -except for when baking - which annoys people when they ask me how to make a dish. I like to try new foods and will morph a recipe to fit what I have in the fridge or pantry.
I hope I can in time put my recipes into here and that people enjoy them.
