Kay's Shortbread recipe

All Recipes Dessert Recipes Cookies Butter Cookie Recipes Shortbread Cookie Recipes

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons white sugar

Nutrition Info

205.8 calories
carbohydrate: 19.8 g
cholesterol: 34.9 mg
fat: 13.3 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 8.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 144.1 mg
sugar: 6.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and confectioners' sugar. Stir in the butter and vanilla, and mix until a stiff dough forms. Pat dough into 9-inch round cake pan, and prick well with a fork. Sprinkle remaining sugar over dough.

  3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Cut into wedges while warm. Cool on wire rack, separate cookies.

Recipe Yield

14 cookies

Recipe Note

This simple shortbread cookie is baked in a nine inch round cake pan, and cut into wedges.

Do you like the recipe? Share this tasty recipe!