Simple Shortbread Squares

These melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies are a crowd-pleasing addition to the Christmas cookie table and use ingredients you probably already have on hand.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 50 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups butter at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon colored sugar, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.

Step 2

Mix 4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using your hands until completely mixed. Spread dough into the prepared baking pan; cover with waxed paper and press firmly into pan. Prick dough through the waxed paper using a fork; remove waxed paper.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until shortbread is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn off oven and remove pan. Cut shortbread into 1-inch squares. Return pan to oven until oven is completely cooled.

Step 4

Sprinkle shortbread with colored sugar, remove squares from pan, and store in an airtight container.