Shortbread Christmas Cookies

Vegetarian
Shortbread Christmas Cookies
75 min.
36
148kcal

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Ingredients

  • 0.5 teaspoon almond extract 
  • 1.5 cups butter cold
  • cups confectioners' sugar 
  • cups flour all-purpose
  • teaspoons milk 
  • 0.5 teaspoon rum extract 
  • 0.3 teaspoon salt 
  • tablespoons water cold
  • 0.8 cup sugar white
  • drop to desired shade 
  • tablespoon as desired 
  • tablespoon as desired 

Equipment

  • bowl
  • baking sheet
  • oven
  • whisk
  • plastic wrap
  • cookie cutter
  • pastry cutter

Directions

  1. Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl; with a pastry cutter, chop in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir the rum extract and almond extract into the water in a small bowl.
  2. Mix into the dry ingredients, a little bit at a time, until the mixture holds together in a ball when you squeeze it.
  3. Place the dough onto a floured work surface, and sprinkle with flour; roll out into a sheet 1/4 inch thick.
  4. Cut into shapes with floured cookie cutters, and place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Cover with a layer of plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  6. Bake the cookies just until the edges are lightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Allow to cool on sheets for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to finish cooling. Cool completely before decorating.
  7. For frosting, whisk the confectioners' sugar and milk in a bowl until smooth. If desired, divide frosting into small bowls, and tint each bowl a desired shade with food coloring. Frost fully cooled cookies, and sprinkle with edible glitter before the frosting sets.

Nutrition Facts

Calories148kcal
Protein3.11%
Fat46.79%
Carbs50.1%

Properties

Glycemic Index
6.47
Glycemic Load
8.67
Inflammation Score
-2
Nutrition Score
1.8152173765652%

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:148.03kcal
7.4%
Fat:7.8g
11.99%
Saturated Fat:4.88g
30.52%
Carbohydrates:18.78g
6.26%
Net Carbohydrates:18.5g
6.73%
Sugar:10.73g
11.93%
Cholesterol:20.37mg
6.79%
Sodium:77.5mg
3.37%
Alcohol:0.02g
100%
Alcohol %:0.08%
100%
Protein:1.17g
2.33%
Vitamin B1:0.08mg
5.49%
Selenium:3.7µg
5.28%
Folate:19.35µg
4.84%
Vitamin A:236.81IU
4.74%
Manganese:0.07mg
3.58%
Vitamin B2:0.06mg
3.36%
Vitamin B3:0.62mg
3.1%
Iron:0.49mg
2.73%
Vitamin E:0.23mg
1.51%
Phosphorus:13.8mg
1.38%
Fiber:0.28g
1.13%
Source:Allrecipes