Description
Take a bite into these melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies! Grandma's Shortbread recipe has only four ingredients and no chilling required. An easy recipe for your holiday Christmas baking tray!
Ingredients
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup butter, softened at room temperature
Sanding sugar or sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together cornstarch, powdered sugar and all-purpose flour.
- Use a wooden spoon, or clean hands to blend in butter until a soft dough forms.
- Divide dough into four equal portions. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
- Place rolled balls on cookie sheets, 1 and 1/2 inches apart. Press down lightly with a floured fork.
- Sprinkle with sanding sugar or sprinkles
- Bake in 300°F oven for 15 to 20 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
- Transfer to cooling rack.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Canada Cornstarch.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 2.5 g
- Sodium: 46 mg
- Fat: 5.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.9 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 0.6 g
- Cholesterol: 15.3 mg
Keywords: Shortbread Cookies