Shortbread Christmas Cookies

Name: Shortbread Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 355 milliliters cold butter; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons milk; 1 teaspoons rum extract; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps cold water; 177 milliliters white sugar; 1 Tbsp colored edible glitter, or as desired; 1 drop food coloring, or to desired shade (optional)

Shortbread Christmas Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 36. One serving contains 148 calories, 1g of protein, and 8g of fat. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. If you have sugar, flour, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl; with a pastry cutter, chop in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir the rum extract and almond extract into the water in a small bowl.

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Almond Extract

Rum Extract

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Pastry Cutter

Whisk

Bowl

Mix into the dry ingredients, a little bit at a time, until the mixture holds together in a ball when you squeeze it.

Place the dough onto a floured work surface, and sprinkle with flour; roll out into a sheet 1/4 inch thick.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Cut into shapes with floured cookie cutters, and place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Cover with a layer of plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Wrap

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Cookie Cutter

Baking Sheet

Plastic Wrap

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

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Oven

Bake the cookies just until the edges are lightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Allow to cool on sheets for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to finish cooling. Cool completely before decorating.

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Oven

For frosting, whisk the confectioners' sugar and milk in a bowl until smooth. If desired, divide frosting into small bowls, and tint each bowl a desired shade with food coloring. Frost fully cooled cookies, and sprinkle with edible glitter before the frosting sets.

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Powdered Sugar