Uncle Bill's Whipped Shortbread Cookies

By cecelia26_

These are very easy to make shortbread cookies. They are so good that they melt in your mouth, you hardly have to chew them. I have been making them for over 35 years.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1/4 cup red maraschino cherry
• 1/4 cup green maraschino cherry

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 32mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2 In a mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, combine butter, flour, icing sugar and vanilla extract; mix until mixture is a smooth consistency. 3 Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper. 4 Spoon out dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets by teaspoonfuls or by tablespoons for larger cookies, spacing about 2 inches apart. 5 Cut maraschino cherries into quarters and place one piece in the middle of each cookie, alternating with red and green cherries. 6 Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 13 to 15 minutes or until bottom of cookies are lightly browned, DO NOT OVERBAKE. 7 Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes. 8 Transfer onto wire racks to finish cooling. 9 Store in a container with a lid and separate each layer with wax paper. 10 NOTE: If you wish to add some flavor to the cookies, add 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract or almond extract. 11 Use sprinkles, half an almond or half a cashew or chocolate to the top of the cookies before baking. 12 A thumbprint in the cookie, filled with your choice of jam is very tasty. 13 It has been suggested that the cookies be refrigerated for at least 1/2 hour before baking for a different texture.