Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies
Soft and buttery cookie staples! Super quick to make, these easy vanilla bean shortbread cookies are so delicious and made with real vanilla beans for the essential vanilla flavor. These vanilla bean cookies are a perfect addition to any holiday cookie box and great to accompany coffee or tea.
Equipment
- Hand or stand mixer
- Pastry brush
Ingredients
- 340 g All purpose flour
- 78 g Granulated sugar
- 78 g Powdered sugar
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 2 ¼ sticks Unsalted butter cubed and cold
- 1 ea Vanilla bean Seeds scraped out
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 Tbs Heavy cream for garnish
- 2 Tbs Coarse sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Combine together in your mixer bowl the flour, sugars, vanilla bean seeds, vanilla extract, and the cold, cubed butter.
- With your stand mixer and paddle or hand mixer and beaters mix everything together except the vanilla extract on medium low speed until a dough almost comes together and still is mostly crumbles.
- Add in the vanilla extract and mix for additional minute or two.
- Pour the crumbles onto a work surface and knead into a dough. Flour your work surface and the dough.
- Roll until a half inch thick and cut into 1"x 2" rectangles. Place on a parchment lined sheet pan and freeze for 30-60 minutes. Preheat the oven to 325℉.
- Brush the tops with heavy cream and sprinkle the coarse sugar on top.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes rotating half way through or until the edges start to turn brown.
Nutrition
Calories: 194kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 2gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 67mgPotassium: 26mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 377IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg
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