Lemon Shortbread Squares

Name: Lemon Shortbread Squares
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, softened; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons lemon extract; 0 teaspoons grated lemon peel, optional; 118 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Lemon Shortbread Squares requires around 35 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 125 calories. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have vanillan extract, confectioners' sugar, pecans, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Lemon Shortbread Squares, Lemon Shortbread Squares, and Caramel Shortbread Squares.

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extracts. Gradually add flour.

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Mix until dough forms a ball and pulls away from the side of the bowl. Stir in lemon peel if desired.

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Lemon Peel

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Press into an ungreased 9-in. square baking pan. Score with a sharp knife into 16 squares. Prick each square twice with a fork.

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Sprinkle with pecans; press firmly into dough.

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Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned and pecans are toasted. Cool for 5 minutes.

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Cut along scored lines. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.

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Servings:

118milliliters

butter, softened 118milliliters

confectioners' sugar 296milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoons

lemon extract 0teaspoons

grated lemon peel, optional 118milliliters

chopped pecans 1teaspoons

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Madeira, Prosecco

Shortbread Cookies works really well with Cream Sherry, Madeira, and Prosecco. Sweet bubbly Prosecco doesn't overwhelm simple sugar or shortbread cookies, a sweet cream sherry complements spiced cookies, and madeira's nutty notes match cookies with nuts perfectly. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.

NV Solera Cream Sherry

The Solera Cream Sherry has a brilliant amber and deep copper hue. With butterscotch and pecan aromas, the sweet salted nut and brown spice aromas carry a complex caramel accent. A sweet entry leads to a rounded, lush, moderately full-bodied palate with a lengthy, flavorful finish.