Recipe: Appetizing Brown Sugar Spice Shortbread Cookies

Brown Sugar Spice Shortbread Cookies. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, white sugar and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture is like fine crumbs. Pack the crumbs into a ball, then knead by hand until smooth.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually stir in flour and mix well. I'm loving the depth of flavour the brown sugar adds to this buttery, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread. You can cook Brown Sugar Spice Shortbread Cookies using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Brown Sugar Spice Shortbread Cookies

You need 1/2 cup of Soft butter (salted).
You need 1/4 cup of Brown sugar.
Prepare 1/4 cup of Heavy cream.
Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla extract.
You need 1 cup of White flour.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of Pumpkin pie spice.
It's pinch of Salt.

And I've added some traditional Christmas flavours, which result in an easy, Christmas spiced cookie you can whip up last minute, so more time can be spent drinking eggnog! I hope you have a Merry Christmas everyone. The subtle scent of spices and pretty crystalized sugar were the perfect compliment to basic shortbread cookies. Sugar and Spice Shortbread Cookies are a great way to enjoy the flavors of fall and winter.

Brown Sugar Spice Shortbread Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 375. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper..
Mix butter and sugar until well blended..
Blend in cream..
Blend in vanilla..
Mix dry ingredients until well blended..
Cut dry ingredients into wet ingredients until cookie dough forms. Should be moist but not wet and form a slightly flaky ball. If too wet add 2Tbls flour..
Roll into 1" balls and press down on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper..
Bake at 375 for 10-13 minutes..

I even stamped a few for Fall Cookie Week, though the temperature has to be just right or it's a little tricky. In this spice mix, you'll find sugar - white and brown, cinnamon, allspice, ginger and nutmeg. Should Shortbread Be Pale In Colour? Yes, shortbread is meant to be a pale cookie with very little to no colouring. I like to take mine out of the oven just as I see the edges getting the slightest bit golden.