Extra 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:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour. Press dough into an ungreased 9-in. square baking pan. Prick with a fork., Bake until light brown, 30-35 minutes. Cut into squares while warm. Cool completely on a wire rack. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.