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Quick Shortbread Cookies

These cookies will require almost no chewing at all, as they melt in your mouth. When they are done, store them in a container with a lid and separate each layer with wax paper. Enjoy shortbread cookies that will long be remembered.
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Course Cookies / Brownies / Bars
Cuisine Continental

Servings 1 servings
Calories 2362.59 kcal

Ingredients

  

  • 1 cup(s) butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup(s) icing sugar
  • 1/4 cup(s) red maraschino cherries
  • 1/4 cup(s) green maraschino cherries

Instructions

 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, combine butter, flour and icing sugar and mix until mixture is a smooth consistency.
  • Prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Spoon out dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets by teaspoonfuls, spacing about 2 inches apart.
  • Cut maraschino cherries into quarters and place one piece in the middle of each cookie, alternating with red and green cherries.
  • Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 15 to 17 minutes or until bottom of cookies are lightly browned, do not over bake.
  • Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes.
  • Transfer onto wire racks to finish cooling.
  • Ready in 35 min.

Nutrition

Calories: 2362.59kcalCarbohydrates: 149.22gProtein: 21.3gFat: 188.96gSaturated Fat: 117.65gCholesterol: 488.05mgSodium: 1477.11mgFiber: 5.07gSugar: 5.9g

Keyword Butter, Holiday, Kid Pleaser
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