Dessert Cookies: Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies

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Zoe Nathan recipe

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Ingredients

  • 12 ounces all-purpose flour
  • 6 ounces whole wheat flour
  • 5 1/2 ounces cornstarch
  • 18 ounces Plugra butter
  • 5 1/2 ounces white sugar plus extra for finishing
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the AP and wheat flours with the cornstarch.

2. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter, sugar and salt.

3. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and combine thoroughly, being careful not to overmix.

4. Shape cookies by rolling them out on a flour-dusted working surface and cutting them out with cookie cutters into desired shapes. Arrange them on cookie sheets and bake until the cookies are brown around the edges. Remove them and dust generously with more granulated sugar.