Melting Shortbread Recipes

MELT - IN - YOUR - MOUTH SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whip butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, and flour. Beat on low for one minute, then on high for 3 to 4 minutes. Drop cookies by spoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Watch that the edges don't brown too much. Cool on wire racks.

EASY BASIC SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-by-1-inch baking pan, and line bottom with parchment paper. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add salt and vanilla, and beat to combine. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, beating on low speed until just combined.
• Press dough into prepared pan, leveling and smoothing the top. Using a dough scraper or the back of a knife, cut dough lengthwise into nine strips, each slightly less than 1 inch wide. Cut the strips crosswise into thirty-six 3-inch bars. Using the tines of a fork or a wooden skewer, create a decorative pattern on the surface.
• Bake shortbread until evenly pale golden, but not browned, 70 to 85 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool. Invert pan, and remove parchment. Turn shortbread over, and carefully break, or cut with a serrated knife, into bars. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 month.

MELT N MIX SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Melt butter over low heat, allow to cool slightly.
• Sift icing sugar and cornflour into bowl, add sugar.
• Add butterand vanilla, beat mixture until thick and creamy.Add sifted flour, mix well.
• Press mixture into 18 cm x 28 cm (7in x 11in) baking pan (lamington tin in AUS), smooth over with a spatula; mark into fingers with sharp knife.
• Prick each finger decoratively with a fork.
• Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes or until light golden.
• Cut into fingers while still warm. Cool in tin.
• BEST SHORTBREAD EVA! :D.

MELTING SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• cream butter and add sugar until creamy.
• sift flour and cornstarch and add.
• whip together about 10 minutes until mixture is fluffy.
• drop from teaspoon and decorate with cherry pieces.
• bake at 325 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet for 15-20 minutes.

SHORTBREAD PUFFS (ALSO CALLED MELTING MOMENTS)

Steps:

• Cream butter.
• Add icing sugar & cornstarch & beat on high until fluffy.
• Add vanilla & pinch of salt.
• Add flour and beat mixture until light and fluffy.
• Roll dough into small balls and place on cookie sheet. Dough will be very soft and sticky. Flatten with palm of your hand, lightly floured.
• Decorate with red sprinkles.
• Bake at 300 F for 10 minutes.
• Makes about 5 dozen cookies. Freezes well.

3 INGREDIENT MELT IN YOUR MOUTH SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine all ingredients and mix for a FULL 10 minutes.
• Yes, I said a full 10 minutes!
• Mixture will start out very dry and crumbly but will become batter like after the full 10 minutes.
• I like to use my stand mixer for this, but a hand mixer will do the trick if it is a strong one.
• Drop from teaspoons or a piping bag onto a cookie sheet, I find teaspoons work best.
• Decorate with maraschino cherries or sprinkles if you feel fancy.
• Bake for approx 15 minutes or until bottoms are very lightly brown.
• Watch that the tops don't turn brown!

SHORTBREAD MELTAWAYS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour and cornstarch; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Drop by 1/2 teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 11-13 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.