Buttery 3-Ingredient Shortbread Cookies
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling
YIELD: 16 cookies.
With only a few ingredients, these butter shortbread cookies are so simple to prepare. —Pattie Prescott, Manchester, New Hampshire
Ingredients
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1 cup unsalted butter, softened
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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Confectioners' sugar, optional
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Gradually beat in flour. Press dough into an ungreased 9-in. square baking pan. Prick with a fork.
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2.
Bake until light brown, 30-35 minutes. Cut into squares while warm. Cool completely on a wire rack. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts
1 cookie: 183 calories, 12g fat (7g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 2mg sodium, 18g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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