These Buttery Piped Shortbread Cookies are a delight to make. Crunchy, melt in your mouth buttery cookies that is so delicious and just perfect for this season.
Christmas is round the corner and I have all the more reason to bake. Baking has become therapeutic for me. It gives me immense peace and a sense of satisfaction. This shortbread recipe is one of the oldest recipe I possess.
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Buttery Piped Shortbread Cookies
These cookies are a perfect gift for Christmas and can be baked easily at home
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Servings: 6 people
Calories: 263kcal
Ingredients
- 125 gms Unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 40 gms Confectioner's sugar
- 100 gms All purpose flour
- 40 gms Cornflour
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Mix all purpose flour, cornflour and salt in a bowl
- Whisk butter and sugar with your electric beater ,till light and fluffy ( 3-4 minutes on high speed )
- Lower the speed and add the flour mixture
- Whisk for 3-4 minutes on medium speed
- Add vanilla extract and whisk for another minute
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip or whichever you want
- Pipe small cookies on a cookie sheet
- Refrigerate the piped cookies for half an hour
- Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Bake the cookies for 15 – 17 minutes, until they turn slightly brown
- Cool on a wire rack
- Store in a airtight container once cooled
Nutrition
Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 521IU | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
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Christina
These are beautiful, Neha, as is your photography! I can almost taste these as they are similar (in ingredients) to a butter cookie I make. These would be lovely as a holiday gift!
Nandita Pai Shirali
These are super adorable 🙂 Loved the pis and the cute cookies 🙂
Sangeetha
wow…so cute n delicious cookies, presentation looks so festive…great for Christmas gifts…loved it!!
Cathy
You have mastered the piping bag. Those cookies are absolutely gorgeous!
Julie
super cutee ones,yummy:)
Edelma
What icing did you use for the cookies?
msnehamathur
You don’t need any Icing for these cookies Edelma. They taste good as is.
Emily Dunlap
How many does it make? It just says serves 6, so does that mean it makes 6? 12? 18?
Neha Mathur
This recipe will make 25-30 cookies. It’s a very post, I have to write it properly again.