I had company coming last week and I wanted a treat for my special guests. I just love shortbread cookies and they seemed the perfect thing for this occasion.
My daughter had given me a sweet little pineapple cookie cutter for Mother’s Day, (find out why here), and I had been waiting for just the right time to use it.
Pineapples = Hospitality – of course this would be perfect.
Shortbread Cookies – With a Touch of Hospitality
With just four ingredients, these shortbread cookies are so simple to make.
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Let’s get started!
First I set the heat on the oven to 350°F.
In large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with spoon. Slowly stir in flour. The dough felt just a bit crumbly so I mixed in an additional tablespoon of softened butter.
I then rolled out the dough to about ¼ inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Once the dough was rolled out, I cut it with my new pineapple cookie cutter and placed on an ungreased cookie sheet.
I baked them for approximately 12 – 14 minutes until the bottom was light brown. I had to watch them carefully as the tops of my pineapples became brown before the rest of the cookie. Once removed from the oven, I cooled them thoroughly on a wire rack.
I then melted some chocolate melts I had purchased and dipped the tops of my pineapple cookies into the chocolate.
To add a special touch to the bottom of the cookies, I put melted yellow vanilla candy melts into a small zip lock bag, snipped off the corner and used it as a decorating bag to create a crisscrossed look on the cookies.
I loved the way they turned out – so cute and light and delicious!
Shortbread cookies – The perfect treat for my guests.
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- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- In large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with spoon.
- Stir in flour.
- Roll dough ¼ inch thick on lightly floured surface.
- Cut into small shapes by hand or use cookie cutter.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until bottoms are light golden brown.
- Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Debi
Thanks for sharing your pretty posts on my last party, your post will be one of my features tonight
Thanks
Maria
I absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing it with us. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. We can’t wait to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
Shortbread is one of my favorite cookies. Love the pineapple design. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.
The pineapples are so cute…I pinned this one! Love co-hostessing with you!
I always love co hosting the party with this group of ladies! Have a wonderful week Pam and thank you for stopping by!
I love pretty food and these are pretty and surely delish too xo
Thanks Katherine! I loved this cookie cutter my daughter got me and couldn’t wait to try it out.
Those are SO pretty! LOVE them! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again on Friday! Feel free to bring a friend 🙂
thank you Kristen! I will do that!
I love these! Visiting from Home Matters link up. Nice to meet you.
Thanks for stopping by Christine! Nice to meet you too!
Those are too cute! Pinned 🙂
Thanks Jas. I think they are perfect for guests.
These cookies are adorable! I have never seen a pineapple cookie cutter, but I’d love to have one looking at your cookies! They must have tasted fantastic!
My daughter got it at Williams Sonoma. I think it is adorable.
so creative and they look super yummy!
They are delicious Erica! Thank you for stopping by!
What a GREAt idea! and I love how easy they are!
Super easy! And delicious as well!