Taste of Cape Breton - Short Bread Cookies
Hi guys!
Happy Holidays!!!! This the time of year for food, family, music and parties, aka a perfect Cape Breton winter! When I was thinking of a great Holiday recipe for this post, I thought back to my Christmas’ as kid and one thing came to mind, Short Bread Cookies. These buttery rich cookies were made only once or twice a year but always at Christmas. When you go around the Cape this time of the year, you will find Shortbread. Shortbread can be altered to your tastes, so when you get this basic recipe down try new things!
Basic Shortbread
- Preheat oven to 300.F
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar / icing sugar
- 1/2 cup Cornstarch
- 3/4 cup butter, soft ( not melted)
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla
Mix butter and vanilla together in larger bowel.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture to make a coarse meal.
Mix until the meal forms into a dough. Will be a crumbly dough.
Roll out on a floured table to about 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut with 2'' round cutter.
Bake on a parchment covered pan for 20-25 min on 300 F. Until firm to the touch, golden brown on the bottom and lightly coloured around the edges.
Remove and let cool.
That's it! If you'd like you can press a nut or a candy (glacé) fruit into the cookies before baking.
A fan of lemon? Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of zest to the butter mixture. Do you like chocolate, melt some chocolate chips and dip part of the cooks in! Lastly, buy or make you favourite frosting and have fun.
Hope you enjoy this, happy holidays!!! Monday, December 22, 2014 Labels: cape breton , christmas , cookies , dessert , recipe , taste of cape breton , winter
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