Comments on: Shortbread Cookie Recipe

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:02:31 +0000

In reply to Jody.

Hi Jody! They should turn a light golden color but shouldn’t be browning. I hope you still loved them! 🙂

By: Jody

Jody — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:36:30 +0000

I just took mine out of the oven so we haven’t tasted them yet. I halved the recipe and rolled to 1/4 inch thick. I got 13 thicker cookies and baked them an extra 5 min in order to reach a golden bottom. I have a feeling I may have over browned them a touch because I dont think they’re supposed to brown at all right? Hopefully they still taste good.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:40:33 +0000

In reply to Nan.

How frustrating, Nan! My best guess would be that something was accidentally mis-measured as this recipe should double just fine. It’s unfortunately so easy to accidentally mis-measure when doubling.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 02:28:02 +0000

In reply to Heidi.

Weights are the best way to get accurate, repeatable results. I’m glad you were still able to make it work. 🙂

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:19:46 +0000

In reply to Heidi.

I am assuming my problem occurred because I did not weigh the flour, I used standard measuring cups. So…good lesson learned. However I could not get the dough to meld so I patted it into a greased cake pan and baked it for 20-25 minutes. Delicious!!

By: Nan

Nan — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:41:19 +0000

Ugh! Mine spread and tasted awful. I have no idea what I did. I doubled the recipe (2c Butter / 190g powdered sugar / 2 tsp vanilla / 4 tbs corn starch / 500g flour, 1 tsp salt) weighed all my dry ingredients. I know, I know, vague but any idea what I migh have happened?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:47:00 +0000

In reply to Heidi.

Hi Heidi! Did you weigh your flour? Is it possible it just needs to be mixed a little bit longer? Are you able to get it to stick together if you pick it up and pinch it in your fingers?

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:06:14 +0000

Even though I followed the recipe to a “T” the dough is very crumbly. I used a good quality butter, I checked my flour for protein amount and I even sifted 4 times. How do I make it all stick together?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:22:38 +0000

In reply to Mhra.

I’m glad you enjoyed them! Shortbread cookies, by nature, are a plain cookie. It depends what kind of flavor you are going for. You could add lemon or lime zest, choose a different extract, or even top them with a glaze. 🙂

By: Mhra

Mhra — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:14:53 +0000

They are an amazing recipe but I just want to ask can I add more flavour into the cookies if yes how.
Again amazing cookies thank you son much Sam for this recipe!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:45:37 +0000

In reply to elo.

It’s going to be a lot of work to hand mix it, but I suppose it is doable. 🙂

By: elo

elo — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:40:29 +0000

is an electric mixer required for this recipe or could i hand beat the butter?

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:52:56 +0000

In reply to Sam.

Good to know! I did allow it to sit there and soften up. I love this recipe! I’m busy making my Valetine cookies now. 😋❗️❤️

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:37:44 +0000

In reply to Toni.

Hi Toni! Once the dough is refrigerated it will need to sit at room temperature for an hour or so to prevent the cracking. 🙂

By: Toni

Toni — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 03:09:54 +0000

hi, after putting my my cookie dough in the fridge for an hour, the disc was really hard and cracked a little. did I do something wrong?

By: John Walsh

John Walsh — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 23:25:26 +0000

very good, maybe mine were a little thicker, because 22 was my total !

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:39:17 +0000

In reply to Robin Lamprecht.

Sure thing, Robin! Enjoy ☺️

By: Robin Lamprecht

Robin Lamprecht — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:34:32 +0000

In reply to Sam.

Forgive me if the answer to this question has already been given as I didn’t see it. Will these work with Royal Icing for a pretty decorative cookie?

By: Adobe

Adobe — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:58:05 +0000

Another great recipe Sam! Really enjoyed these. The dark chocolate went nicely with the shortbread. Thanks for creating and testing these recipes so that they work for all of us novice bakers!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:11:39 +0000

In reply to Laurie Laviolette.

Hi Laurie! You could stir them in at the end. You could try adding them right before baking, but I’m not sure how well they will stick. You could also dip it in chocolate and put sprinkles on the chocolate. 🙂

By: Laurie Laviolette

Laurie Laviolette — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:44:10 +0000

First time making shortbread cookies, and you recipe sounds great! My son wants sprinkles added, so I was wondering how to do this? Thanks for your help!!

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:25:16 +0000

Used this dough recipe for wedding cookies (minus the nuts in traditional ones). It turned out so good and soft and tender. Bake time had to be adjusted for balls instead of cut outs but 10/10 would recommend. Oh yeah also amazing flavor!! Not overly sweet.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:56:01 +0000

In reply to Rita.

Hi Rita! I haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure, but I think it could work. I do have a thumbprint cookie recipe you could try as well. 🙂

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:51:18 +0000

In reply to Mercy.

They are the same thing so no problem 🙂

By: Mercy

Mercy — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:11:30 +0000

Please can i replace powdered sugar with icing sugar?