{"id":2217,"date":"2012-12-06T15:24:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2012-12-06T21:47:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T02:47:37","slug":"shortbread-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2217","title":{"rendered":"Shortbread Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago i used to make this shortbread cookies during christmas time . I don&#8217;t know why but i have skipped so many years without making shortbread cookies . Maybe because it was too dangerous making it .. LOL .. just like butter cookies , where i couldn&#8217;t stop munching at them . That&#8217;s why once it&#8217;s all done being baked , i put them away .. you know the phrase &#8221; Out of sight out of mind .. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I saw a recipe that has chocolate chip in their shortbread . That&#8217;s what i am doing right now actually , i added about 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chip , although i love just the plain shortbread too . They&#8217;re easy to make and doesn&#8217;t take much time at all to make .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread21.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2225\" title=\"shortbread2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread21-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread21-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Direction :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2 sticks of butter , room temperature<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. of vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p>pinch of salt<\/p>\n<p>3\/4 cup of powdered sugar<\/p>\n<p>2 cups of all purpose flour<\/p>\n<p>1 cup of semisweet chocolate chip ( you can always skip this to make just plain shortbread , or add it , to make chocolate shortbread cookie )<\/p>\n<p>1. Line a 9 inch square pan with foil , with 2 sides left hanging . So it&#8217;ll be easy to remove the cookie .<\/p>\n<p>2. In a large mixing bowl , beat the butter until it&#8217;s creamy and smooth about 1-2 minutes , then add vanilla and pinch of salt . Then add the powdered sugar , mix until just combined . Then add the flour , in 2 batches , and mix until it&#8217;s smooth . Add in the chocolate chips and stir with wooden spoon .<\/p>\n<p>3. Transfer the dough into the square pan , dust your hands with flour so you can use it to press the dough and make it even in the pan . Score the dough with knife , make 9 strips by 2 strips ( sometimes i make it smaller 9&#215;4)Bake at 350 Ffor 40-45 minutes , or until the top are dry and edges firm . Then immediately score again . Let it cool , take it out and cut .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2224\" title=\"shortbread3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shortbread3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago i used to make this shortbread cookies during christmas time . I don&#8217;t know why but i have skipped so many years without making shortbread cookies . Maybe because it was too dangerous making it .. LOL .. just like butter cookies , where i couldn&#8217;t stop munching at them . That&#8217;s why once it&#8217;s all done being baked , i put them away .. you know the phrase &#8221; Out of sight out of mind .. &#8221; I saw a recipe that has chocolate chip in their shortbread . That&#8217;s what i am doing right now actually , i added about 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chip , although i love just the plain shortbread too . They&#8217;re easy to make and doesn&#8217;t take much time at all to make . &nbsp; Direction :\u00a0 2 sticks of butter , room temperature 1 tsp. of vanilla extract pinch of salt 3\/4 cup of powdered sugar 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 cup of semisweet chocolate chip ( you can always skip this to make just plain shortbread , or add it , to make chocolate shortbread cookie ) 1. Line a 9 inch square pan with foil , with 2 sides left hanging . So it&#8217;ll be easy to remove the cookie . 2. In a large mixing bowl , beat the butter until it&#8217;s creamy and smooth about 1-2 minutes , then add vanilla and pinch of salt . Then add the powdered sugar , mix until just combined . Then add the flour , in 2 batches , and mix until it&#8217;s smooth . Add in the chocolate chips and stir with wooden spoon . 3. Transfer the dough into the square pan , dust your hands with flour so you can use it to press the dough and make it even in the pan . Score the dough with knife , make 9 strips by 2 strips ( sometimes i make it smaller 9&#215;4)Bake at 350 Ffor 40-45 minutes , or until the top are dry and edges firm . Then immediately score again . Let it cool , take it out and cut .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-desserts","category-desserts-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2220,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions\/2220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}