No Chill Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
Cute little shortbreads made from a no chill dough. Easy recipe that comes together in minutes and make a great addition to your Christmas cookie tray.
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon light brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon molasses
- 1 cup flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut butter into small pieces and place in a medium sized bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Add both the ¼ cup and 2 tbsps of brown sugar. Beat until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
- Add vanilla extract and molasses. Beat until combined.
- Add flour ¼ cup at a time, mixing well between additions.
- Continue to beat until the dough starts to clump together.
- Using your hands take dough out of the bowl and push together to make one large dough ball.
- Pinch off about a tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball.
- Place dough balls on baking sheet and using the bottom of a cup, flatten out the dough ball to desired thickness.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes or until edges begin to become golden.
- Remove cookie sheet from oven and allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet.