Aunt Dots Shortbread Cookies Food

SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Beat butter until light and fluffy. Sift in icing sugar and beat again until fluffy, scraping down sides of the bowl often. Sift in cornstarch or rice flour and blend in. Sift in all purpose flour and salt and mix until dough comes together (it will be soft). Stir in vanilla.
• Spoon large teaspoonfuls of cookie dough (or use a small ice cream scoop) onto an un-greased cookie sheet, leaving 2 inches between cookies and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until bottoms brown lightly. Remove from cookie sheet to cool.
• Prepare shortbread recipe as above and spoon onto an ungreased baking sheet. Press a triangle piece of chocolate nougat candy into the center of each cookie and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until bottoms brown lightly.

AUNT FLORRIE'S SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the butter and vanilla together.
• Add in and mix the cornstarch to the butter mixture.
• Add the icing sugar to the butter/cornstarch mixture.
• Beat well until well combined and fluffy.
• Add the flour and beat well until combined and fluffy.
• Make into two balls of dough to work with, if you are going to use cookie cutters.
• Roll to 1/4 inch thick, or make into small balls to press with a fork or small cookie press.
• Bake at 325 degrees F, for 20-25minutes (reduce time if small cookies).

SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
• Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with a 3 by 1-inch finger-shaped cutter. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• When the cookies are cool, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Put 3 ounces of the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on high power for 30 seconds. (Don't trust your microwave timer; time it with your watch.) Stir with a wooden spoon. Continue to heat and stir in 30-second increments until the chocolate is just melted. Add the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often, until it's completely smooth. Stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth and slightly cooled; stirring makes it glossier.
• Drizzle 1/2 of each cookie with just enough chocolate to coat it.

AUNT DOT'S SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together, and chill several hours, or overnight.
• Roll into balls, and place on cookie sheet.
• Press thumb in center of each cookie and,.
• Fill with peach preserves.
• Bake 350 degrees.
• For 10 to 12 minutes.
• When cool can sprinkle powered sugar over tops if you like.

DAISY SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the butter and granulated sugar until they are just combined and add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
• Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick and cut into flower shapes with a cutter. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• For the glaze, place the confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl and add about 4 to 5 tablespoons of water until you have a runny, but not too thick frosting. Spread the glaze to the edge of each cookie and garnish the middle of each cookie with a chocolate button.

DOT'S CHEESE BACON PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F.
• Combine egg and milk, and stir into remaining ingredients.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake until golden (about 20 minutes).
• Cool on wire racks.

AUNT DOT'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Boil chicken thighs until tender and shred into pieces when cool enough to handle.
• Melt butter and saute chopped onions and chopped celery until softened. Crumble corn bread (sometimes I use cornbread muffins from the bakery section of my local supermarket) and seasoned bread crumbs.
• Add the onions, celery, milk, soup, salt, pepper, and seasonings.
• Add chicken and chicken broth one cup at a time or until mixture has a smooth consistency.
• Beat eggs slightly and add to mixture.
• I usually do a taste test at this point and add more seasonings if needed. Bake in a large greased pan at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until top is golden brown.

SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Combine flour, cornstarch and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Roll dough into a 15x2x1-in. rectangle; chill. , Preheat oven to 325°. Cut into 1/4-in. slices; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with a fork. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.

KEY LIME SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, and cornstarch. Set aside.
• Beat butter at medium speed until creamy.
• Beat in flour mixture, zest and juice at low speed until dough forms. Dough will be crumbly.
• divide dough in half and roll into 2 10-inch logs. Wrap in plastic food wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Slice cookies into 1/4" slices and place 1" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges start to brown.
• Remove from pan and let cookies cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make glaze. Put sugar and zest into a medium bowl. Stir in enough lime juice to get glaze to spreading consistancy.
• Spoon or brush glaze onto the tops of cooled cookies.
• Allow glaze to harden, about 15 minutes.

CATHY'S WHIPPED SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter until light and fluffy, then add icing sugar and cornstarch. Mix and whip until light and creamy.
• Then add vanilla and flour (a bit at a time) and whip again until light and creamy.
• Drop from a spoon or use a cookie gun to make shapes on a pan.
• Bake in a 325°F oven for 20-25 minutes, depending on size of cookie (just until set and starting to turn pale golden).

AUNT GEORGIA'S SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugars.
• Add in egg yolks and vanilla.
• Gradually add in flour.
• Roll teaspoon sized balls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Flatten with tines of a fork the way you would peanut butter cookies.
• Sprinkle with colored sugars or sprinkles if desired.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes.

AUNT MARY'S SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Beat the sugar and butter with a spoon until creamy. In three batches, sift and mix the flour into the sugar-butter mixture. Mix well, until fluffy. (my Aunt Mary uses a wooden spoon for mixing, but you can use electric beaters).
• Pat the dough flat onto a greased cookie sheet, covering about 3/4 of the pan (I pat the dough into neatly formed rectangular shape). Puncture the dough at regular intervals with a fork. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Cut into 15 pieces per pan (1 inch wide). Bake 1/2 hour at 300-325°F Let cool.