recipes

Shortbread cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup butter, softened (2.5 sticks)
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cup flour

Steps

1. Mix the ingredients together.
2. Bake at 325°F for 10-13 minutes. Lean toward the higher end or make the cookies smaller - going too short leaves them undercooked.
3. When you take them out, they won’t be fully cooked. The edges should have browned but they’ll finish cooking as they dry.

Tips

• Use the upper end of the flour range (2.5 cups / ~315g). Going light on flour causes flat, underbaked cookies.