These buttery shortbread Christmas cookies hold their shape very well. Top with frosting and decorate as you please!
Prep
27 min
Cook
70 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
0.75 cups white sugar
0.25 teaspoons salt
1.5 cups cold butter
0.5 teaspoons rum extract
0.5 teaspoons almond extract
2 tablespoons cold water
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons milk
1 drop food coloring
, Optional
1 tablespoon colored edible glitter
, or as desired
Instructions
1
Whisk together flour, white sugar, and salt in a large bowl; cut in butter with a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2
Stir rum extract, almond extract, and water together in a small bowl. Stir into flour mixture, a little bit at a time, until mixture holds together in a ball when you squeeze it.
3
Place dough on a floured work surface and sprinkle with flour; roll out into a sheet 1/4 inch thick. 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.
4
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
5
Bake cookies in the preheated oven 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.
6
To make the frosting: Whisk confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and 2 teaspoons milk together in a bowl until smooth. If desired, divide frosting into small bowls and tint each to desired shade with food coloring.
7
Frost cooled cookies. Sprinkle with edible glitter before frosting sets.
Nutrition per serving
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