Easy Delicious Christmas Shortbread Cookies
These easy delicious Christmas Shortbread Cookies are super easy to make. The cookies just melt in your mouth. These buttery delights are perfect for holiday gatherings and gift-giving. Learn how to make these delicious treats in just a few simple steps.
These cookies have a delicious buttery taste with hints of vanilla. They are super easy to make and melt in your mouth. It is hard for me to stay out of the raw cookie dough. It tastes so good!
What I love best about these cookies is that they are simple to make with a few ingredients and festive with candy sprinkles.
The key ingredient is “BUTTER”. Do not use any substitution to replace the butter.
Also, I highly recommend that you use a good pure vanilla extract. My favorite go-to is Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract. This is the one time of the year when you should not skimp and want to use quality ingredients in your holiday baking.
For the toppings, I love using crushed peppermint, festive holiday sprinkles, walnuts, mini-chocolate chips, etc. You can also leave them dipped in semi-sweet chocolate.
The rich buttery flavor with the semi-sweet chocolate gives these Christmas Shortbread Cookies the perfect flavor combination.
You can also bake ahead and freeze them.
Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Butter
- 3/4 Cup Granulated White Sugar
- 1 TSP Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/2 TSP Salt
- 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 12 Ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Nuts (Optional for decorating cookies)
- 1/2 Cup Sprinkles (Optional for decorating cookies)
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and egg together until creamy.
- Mix flour and salt together. Slow add to creamed butter and sugar mixture.
- Using your hands, mix until well blended.
- Use a tablespoon to scoop mixture for each cookie.
- Shape into 2-inch logs, 1-inch balls or flat rounds.
- Arrange on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let cookies cool.
- When cookies are cool enough to handle. Melt your chocolate chips in a double boiler.
- Dip half of a log or circle cookie into the melted chocolate. You can also dip the round tops into the melt chocolate.
- Coat or sprinkle with nuts or candy sprinkles.
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These shortbread cookies are a classic holiday treat, returning memories of cozy winter days. Enjoy this simple recipe and make your own holiday memories.
Have a wonderful day, sweet friend.
Yum! Perfect for the holidays. Hugs to you.
I love your recipes so I know this one will be a winner! Making them to take to my sister… happy thanksgiving Tammy!!
Hi Tammy! I’m adding this to my recipe box. I’m old school and still print all my recipes. You can never have enough sugar cookie recipes. They sound delish! Thanks for sharing. xo 😘 pinned
Shortbread cookies are my fave and these look amazing!
Can’t wait to give these a try! I always love your packaging ideas… Ordering some of these now!
Thank you, Leslie. I have many of those packaging boxes, tags, stickers and twine. It’s perfect for holiday food gifts. Also, that parchment paper is the ticket on baking sheets for baking cookies. I always use it.