add these to your Holiday baking list!

Only THREE ingredients to make these buttery, melt in your mouth cookies!






These sinful cookies are a must for your Holiday cookie tray!  

Take the easy route like I did and bake them in a full sheet, or be fancy and roll out the dough and cut it with cookie cutters!  Either way, this simple and delicious cookie is a perfect quick fix for the busy Holiday season!   


Shortbread Cookies

INGREDIENTS:
2 Sticks Unsalted Buttter
1/2 cup Sugar
2 1/2 cups Flour
Chocolate, melted (optional)
Decorative Sugars or Sprinkles (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:
Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees.

Cream together the butter and the sugar.

Add flour and mix just until the dough comes together.

Press the dough into a 9 x 13 pan lined with parchment paper (let the parchment hang over on the two ends to make it easy to pull the cookies out).

TIP:  You can sprinkle the dough with colored sugar or sprinkles now, or leave plain.  OR, sprinkle the dough with regular sugar--so many options!  

Bake for about 35 minutes or until the edges are very lightly browned.

Let cool in pan for 5-7 minutes then lift out onto a cutting board.

Cut cookies into squares or rectangles while still warm.

Cool completely, and then if you want to, drizzle with melted chocolate.

VARIATION:
After the dough comes together, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 45 minutes.  Roll out the dough 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutters.  Sprinkle with decorative sugars or sprinkles and bake for about 20 minutes or until the edges are light golden brown.

 Enjoy!