Grandma’s Shortbread Cookies

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For our family, the sure sign that Christmas was coming was when the very first batch of shortbread cookies appeared at Grandma’s! And of course it wouldn’t be the last. I guess this is the classic Cornish shortbread recipe, the brown sugar is different than most recipes, and I think it makes them taste better. We always used margarine at home every day, so I had to convince Mom to buy butter once a year for the Christmas baking. You can’t use anything but butter to make shortbread cookies. If you want them to be fancy decorate the top of each cookie with a piece of cherry before baking.

Grandma's Shortbread Cookies

Joan Donogh
A Christmas classic
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 -48

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups flour

Instructions
 

  • Bring butter to room temperature. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  • Cream the butter until it is the consistency of whipped cream. Beat in the sugar.
  • Add salt. Add flour in 4 portions, mixing until combined.
  • Turn out onto a floured board and pat or roll to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shape desired with a cookie cutter.
  • Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

 

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