Brown Sugar Shortbread

Name: Brown Sugar Shortbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

These rich buttery cookies have just three ingredients! They're a snap to make for a last-minute gift or when guests will be arriving on short notice. For best results, gradually stir the flour into the dough. -Shirley Gardiner Clearwater, Manitoba

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually stir in flour and mix well. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 3 minutes. Pat into a 1/3-in.-thick rectangle measuring 11 in. x 8 in.
Cut into 2-in. x 1-in. strips. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with a fork.
Bake at 300° for 25 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 145 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 23mg cholesterol, 90mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Brown Sugar Shortbread in Quick Cooking Premiere 1998

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LeslieH

Dec 13, 2018

An easy shortbread recipe. My husband's favourite.
Maria

Apr 6, 2018

THIS is the by far the BEST shortbread cookie recipe EVER. even my kids loved it and with the if there's no chocolate it can't be good but they loved it so much I had to make another batch. My new one and only fave recipe!
Rosemary Swope

Dec 19, 2016

Yum Yum! After letting them cool for a few minutes, eat some while still warm. Even Walkers Shortbread can't do that!
AMANDALEEANN

Dec 7, 2015

This was a very tasty recipe. Everyone who tried them loved them. So simple too!
georgeanna

Mar 29, 2015

I have made these often and they are always a big hit. It is very important not to over kneed. The cookies will get dry and tasteless.
chayamalkadina

Dec 19, 2014

Brown Sugar ShortbreadI've made this recipe for years and it's always a hit. I usually add some vanilla extract before mixing flour. A little Sea salt with the flour mixture is good if using unsalted butter (best). High quality ingredients make a difference too...use a low moisture butter like Plugra or Straus Organic, King Arthur Flour, and definitely mix flour in gradually. it really makes a difference.
wswarren59

Dec 7, 2014

With a recipe like this, which has only a few ingredients, the quality of those ingredients will make or break your results. Use a really good brown sugar - muscovado is even better. I also used Kerrygold butter and rolled them out to about 1/3" thick and cut them out, then sprinkled with raw sugar. They were amazing.
wellar

Dec 4, 2013

Thanks for having this shortbread recipie on line. It is the same one my mother and grandmother made. They were from Manitoba also. And it makes the best short
OhBeeOne

Nov 24, 2013

Pretty bland. For all the butter and brown sugar it should have more flavor, I think. Would not make it again. (This may be okay as a cookie to go with ice cream but I wouldn't waste the calories on them.
Fernflower

Jul 27, 2013

I love these cookies just the way they are!! They are so easy and they melt in your mouth. I will make them again and again and again!!!

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