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Vanilla Shortbread Recipe

Name: Vanilla Shortbread Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1.5 cups All-purpose flour / farine tout usage; 0.25 cup Corn starch / fécule de maïs; 0.25 tsp Salt / sel; 1 cup Unsalted butter / beurre non salé; 1 250-g block Cream cheese, softened / fromage à la crème; 2.33 cups Icing sugar / sucre glace; 1 tsp Vanilla extract / extrait de vanille

1-hour 15-Minute recipe Serves 12

Vanilla shortbread rolled in snowy sugar makes a perfect holiday treat. This shortbread recipe's batter is super-easy, and has an extra benefit from using a hand-mixer: fluffier dough! Adding extra air to the dough makes these cookies airy and melt-in-your-mouth amazing.

1-hour 15-Minute recipe Serves 12

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups

All-purpose flour

1/4 cup

Corn starch

1/4 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 250-g block

Cream cheese, softened

2 1/3 cups

Icing sugar, divided

1 tsp

Vanilla extract

Directions

Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 25 mins

1
Position rack in centre of oven, then preheat to 325°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
2
Stir flour, cornstarch and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
3
Beat butter, cream cheese and 2/3 cup icing sugar in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium, until combined. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture until just combined.
4
Roll dough into 1/2-in balls. Arrange 1/2 in apart on prepared sheets.
5
Bake until bottoms are golden brown, 25 to 28 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheets for 1 minute. Then transfer cookies to a rack to cool completely.
6
Place remaining 1 2/3 cups icing sugar in a medium bowl. Add several cooled cookies at a time. Toss to evenly coat. Gently shake off excess sugar.

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