Whipped Shortbread Cookies
All butter shortbread cookies in beautiful shapes using a cookie press.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Canadian/American
Keyword: cookie press, shortbread cookies, whipped shortbread
Servings: 4 Dozen
- 1 cup unsalted butter half pound, room temperature
- 2 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- pinch of salt
- Marachino or Glace cherries for garnish
Preheat oven to 300 degrees and ensure racks are set in upper portion of the oven.
Cream butter in stand mixer or food processor until well whipped.
Sift dry ingredients together. Add to butter and mix until combined and dough stays together.
Press dough into the chamber of a cookie press and squeeze shaped dough onto an ungreased baking sheet. Cookies can be fairly close together as they don't expand much.
Cut cherries into small pieces and place one piece in the centre of each shaped cookie if using a shape with a centre.
Bake for 14-15 minutes in the upper part of the oven until bottoms are just beginning to have some colour.