Paisley Shortbread Cookies

Name: Paisley Shortbread Cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup icing sugar; 2 cups flour

ingridbagnariol @ingridbagnariol

I had been making these cookies almost every Christmas since I was a child. My youngest daughter now makes them. You can use sprinkles to decorate the cookies.

ingridbagnariol @ingridbagnariol

I had been making these cookies almost every Christmas since I was a child. My youngest daughter now makes them. You can use sprinkles to decorate the cookies.

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Ingredients

1 cupbutter
1 cupicing sugar
2 cupsflour

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Steps

1

Cream the butter until very light. Add sugar and blend thoroughly.
2

Fold in the flour and knead dough on a floured table/board until it does not stick to the fingers.
3

Using a floured rolling pin, roll the dough till about 1/8 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters and place cookies on a light coloured pan lined with parchment paper.
4

Bake in a 300 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until cookies are very lightly browned on the bottom. Cool. For a 1/4 inch cookie thickness, decrease oven temperature to 275 degrees and extend baking time to 25 to 30 minutes.
5

Serve and enjoy!