Shortbread Bites

By kbresh1

Ingredients

• INGREDIENTS:
• YIELDS: 160 cookies
• PREP TIME: 30 minutes
• COOK TIME: About 18 minutes per batch
• • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• • 3 tablespoons sugar
• • 1/2 cup cold butter (1 stick), cut up (no substitutions)
• • 1 tablespoon red and green nonpareils or sprinkles,
• or 1/2 cup mini baking bits

Details

Servings 160

Preparation

Step 1

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 325° F.

2. In food processor with knife blade attached, pulse flour and sugar until combined. Add butter and pulse until dough begins to come together. Place dough in medium bowl. With hand, gently knead in nonpareils or baking bits until evenly blended and dough forms a ball.

3. On lightly floured waxed paper, pat dough into 8" by 5" rectangle; freeze 15 minutes. Cut dough into 1/2-inch squares. Place squares, 1/2 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet.

4. Bake cookies 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned on bottom. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week, or in freezer up to 3 months.