Christmas Cookies - Week Three (Short Bread Cookies)

Short Bread Cookies are one of my favourite cookies if they are done right. And this recipe I have tweaked to make my own really is the best I have ever had (not to toot my own horn). It is your basic Short Bread recipe but with a little more butter and a little more sugar. That's right more of the things that are horrible for you and yet make the cookie taste so good!

This recipe is really simple:

4 Cups of Flour

2 Cups of Butter

1 Cup of Sugar

1 Large Pinch of Salt

I used powdered sugar because I don't like the texture the regular granular sugar gives the cookies but that is just a personal preference (you can also try other sugars or sugar alternatives if you like). I add the dry ingredients together and then blend in the butter, but you can do this however you like. Once the dough forms, I like to let it cool for a while. Then I make little balls and flatten them with a fork (like you would do with traditional Peanut Butter cookies). Bake them at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes (you should notice the edges getting brown but not too much).