Description
Indulge in these light and buttery whipped shortbread cookies that simply melt in your mouth. They are perfect for the holiday season or anytime you crave a delicate treat.
Ingredients
Whipped Shortbread Cookies:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
Toppings:
- 5 red maraschino cherries, quartered, or as needed
- 5 green maraschino cherries, quartered, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Heat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix the dough: In a large bowl, beat flour, softened butter, and confectioners’ sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, for about 10 minutes.
- Form the cookies: Spoon dollops of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Place a quarter of a red or green maraschino cherry in the middle of each cookie.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are light brown on the bottom, for 15 to 17 minutes.
- Cool and enjoy: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: International
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 75
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 37mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 14mg
