Grandma's Shortbread

Submitted by mmlwjr

"this is a melt in your mouth easy recipe, great to make with kids cause you can add sprinkles to them if you desire to"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
• 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 3⁄4 cup butter, softened

directions

1. Sift together cornstarch, icing sugar and flour.
2. Stir.
3. With wooden spoon blend in butter until soft, smooth dough forms, shape into 1" balls flatten with fork, or you can roll them 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes.
4. Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes.

Reviews

[dllutz]

These cookies are awesome! I had never made shortbread cookies before, but from now on, these are it! Wanted a crispy like cookie for my afternoon coffee. So easy and simple to make, I did chill my dough for about an hour as I had other thing to do. Takes only a few ingredients and I doubled the receipt as I knew they wouldn't last long! You MUST use real butter, no substitutions. I only had salted butter and still delicious. Butter is better for you anyway, not that yucky oleo/margarine stuff.

 

[lrine]

MMMMM I was glad that I found the recipe online, it isn't on my cornstarch box anymore.<br/>Make sure you sift the dry ingredients as stated or you might get little crunchies lumps in the otherwise melt in your mouth cookies.

 

[zoo66]

Best shortbread cookies!

 

[BestTeenChef]

Great!!!! Melt in your mouth cookies that are fantastic!!!! When mixing the butter, I used my hands rather than a wooden spoon and I think that made it alot easier! I decorated mine with Christmas sprinkles, baked them for exatly 15 minutes and ended with a great cookie! Thanks for the recipe mmlwjr!

 

[Marsha D.]

A great and easy made cookie. I noticed the photo in the photo forum today and I knew than I had to give them a try. So glad I did. I am making some for party trays for christmas. Thanks so much for sharing these yummy cookies!