Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies

When it comes to holiday baking, this is a recipe I keep handy for cookie trays and to give as gifts. The brown sugar matched with salted butter make this a cookie that is both savory and sweet and will be your new favorite recipe!

No more waiting for the shortbread tins to arrive in the supermarket! With only three ingredients, you can make these all holiday season!

What you need to make Shortbread Cookies

For this Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookie recipe, you only need three things to make them. If you bake holiday cookies, then you will definitely have these ingredients on hand! You will need:

• Brown Sugar
• Salted Butter
• Flour 

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Yes! That is all you need! See? I told you it was easy!

Cut into 2×1 inch strips (I like to use a bench scraper for nice straight lines!) With a fork, prick three times on each cookie section.

Transfer to baking sheet lined with parchment paper (1 inch apart) and bake in 300-degree oven for 25 minutes, or until the bottom of shortbread are light brown. Cool on pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Gradually stir in flour and mix well.
3. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 3 minutes.
4. Roll (with pin) into a 1/3-in.-thick rectangle measuring 11 in. x 8 in.
5. Cut into 2-in. x 1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
6. Prick with a fork 3 times.
7. Bake at 300° for 25 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes on pan then transfer to a wire rack.

*Recipe adapted from Brown Sugar Shortbread in Quick Cooking Premiere 1998

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