Christmas

English Shortbread Cookies is for Dessert.

English Shortbread Cookies takes 15 minutes to prepare.

English Shortbread Cookies takes 15 minutes to cook.

English Shortbread Cookies makes 80 servings.

The ingredients for English Shortbread Cookies are:

1 pound butter (4 sticks/2 cups)
8 cups white flour
1.75 cups granulated sugar,
2 eggs
1/4 tsp cream of tarter
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp lemon extract (or substitute with almond)
yellow food coloring (if desired)
candied cherry for garnishment (if desired)

Here is how you make English Shortbread Cookies:

Mix flour, butter and sugar together. Mix will be powdery. Mix rest of ingredients, add to dry mix. Roll dough 1/4" thick and cut out (I use a round drinking glass for a cutter). They could also be pressed into a shortbread cookie mold. Add 1/2 of candied cherry to center of cookie as decoration. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes on a ungreased cookie sheet. Makes aprox 6 1/2 dozen cookies.

The nutritional information for English Shortbread Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 80
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 105.6

• Total Fat: 4.9 g
• Cholesterol: 17.2 mg
• Sodium: 43.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 14.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
• Protein: 1.5 g