Description
These delightful 3-Ingredient Flower Shortbread Cookies are a must-try! With their simple preparation and luscious butter flavor, they’re perfect for Mother’s Day gifts. Made with just butter, sugar, and flour, these cookies are not only easy to make but also irresistibly delicious, ideal for any cookie lover looking for homemade treats.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup (1 stick / 115g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup (35g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour, spoon and leveled
- gel or liquid-gel food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- Cream together the softened butter, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla extract in a large bowl until combined.
- Incorporate the all-purpose flour into the mixture until no dry streaks remain.
- For colored petals, set aside a little less than 1/4 of the dough for the centers, and color the larger portion with food coloring.
- Pinch off teaspoon-sized amounts of the dough and roll them into smooth balls. If the dough is too sticky, refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
- Arrange the dough balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet to form flowers: one uncolored ball in the center surrounded by five colored balls, gently squishing them together.
- Chill the shaped flower cookies in the freezer for 10 minutes. Preheat your oven to 350°F while they chill.
- Bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes in the center of the preheated oven, or until they are golden brown at the edges and no longer shiny on top.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Optional: Use various food colorings for different colored flower petals.
Ensure to chill the dough if too sticky to handle for easy shaping.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg