Crispy Shortbread Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300* and lightly butter your baking pan.
• 2. Beat salt,butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• 3. Dissolve baking soda in the vanilla extract and add to butter/sugar mixture, beating until combined well.
• 4. Add flour one cup at a time to the butter/sugar mixture ,beat until combined well.
• 5. Gently fold in rice krispies until well incorporated. Drop by 2 tablespoon size mounds onto pans and bake for 15 minutes.
• 6. Remove pan from oven and flatten cookies slightly with back of spatula and return to oven making sure to rotate pan( if you are doing 2 pans at once then rotate AND switch pans on racks) and cook for 20-25 minutes more. cool on wire rack which seems best because for some reason they seem to hold heat longer than a regular cookie.
• 7. *** NOTE*** DO NOT USE REGULAR SALTED BUTTER. Also these can be sprinkled with sugar before baking...or drizzled with melted chocolate after they are cooled.

Steps:

• 1. Measure flour, then sift and then measure a second time. Stir in cornstarch and set aside.
• 2. Cream butter until smooth. Add confectioner's sugar and continue creaming until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and mix well. By hand, mix in flour mixture a little at a time until all is incorporated and forms a smooth dough. DO NOT USE A MIXER AT THIS POINT!
• 3. Spread dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form into a rectangular shape, pressing out with hand until about 1/4" thick. Cover with the plastic wrap and place on a cutting board, cookie sheet or other flat surface and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or until dough is firm.
• 4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• 5. Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out smooth, leaving dough in the plastic wrap. Remove plastic wrap from the top and using a pizza wheel or sharp knife, cut dough into squares. Using the bottom sheet of plastic wrap, turn dough onto the parchment lined cookie sheet. Break squares apart and place evenly on sheet. Optional: You may want to sprinkle with raw sugar or granulated sugar at this point.
• 6. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and remove from oven. Let cool on cookie sheet for about 3 minutes. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and cool completely, Enjoy with fruit, ice cream, puddings, or by themselves with a large glass of milk.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Cover and refrigerate 15-30 minutes or until easy to handle. , Preheat oven to 350°. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut into desired shapes using a 2-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.