I baked these Red White and Blue Flag Cookies using my favorite shortbread recipe with minor variations from the earlier shortbread versions, Heart Shortbread Cookies, Shamrock Shortbread Cookies and Spring Shortbread Cookies. I’m somewhat enamored with shortbread as it’s a really delicious, yet simple type of cookie. This recipe uses five basic ingredients: flour, sugar, powdered sugar, butter and salt. So basic, and yet it yields pure heaven. This recipe holds up very well with slight adjustments, if needed, to any of the ingredients. Continue reading
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Red White and Blue Flag Shortbread Cookies
Spring Shortbread Cookies
I made these spring shortbread cookies to welcome the coming warm weather, sunny skies, blooming flowers and lush foliage. It is snowing and cold outside as I type this post. Winter is also pretty in a different way, but I’ll trade the cold anytime. I made two types of shortbread cookies. Chocolate shortbread for the bunny cookies and a shortbread recipe similar to the one I used for the Heart Shortbread Cookies. The recipe for the colorful flowers, chicks and Easter eggs is exactly the same as the recipe for Shamrock Shortbread Cookies, the only difference was I divided the dough this time in four and tinted each portion a different color. Continue reading
Shamrock Shortbread Cookies
I loved baking these shamrock shortbread cookies! Or more correctly put, I love baking cookies. And even more accurately, I love to bake. This is based on the same recipe as these previous shortbread cookies. The recipe is really simple, fun to make and plainly said, just delicious. Continue reading
Heart Shortbread Cookies
Three words to describe these heart shaped shortbread cookies: simple, easy, delicious. There is no vanilla in this recipe. The flavor all comes from the butter so it’s really important to use good quality butter. In fact, there are only five ingredients required to make these cookies: unsalted butter, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, flour and salt. Continue reading






















