My favorite Christmas cookie! They absolutely melt in your mouth!
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 4 cups
- all-purpose flour: 2 Tbsp
- butter at room temperature: 2 cups
- white sugar: 1 cup
- colored sugar: 1 Tbsp (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
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Mix 4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using your hands until completely mixed. Spread dough into the prepared baking pan; cover with waxed paper and press firmly into pan. Prick dough through the waxed paper using a fork; remove waxed paper.
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Bake in the preheated oven until shortbread is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn off oven and remove pan. Cut shortbread into 1-inch squares. Return pan to oven until oven is completely cooled.
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Sprinkle shortbread with colored sugar, remove squares from pan, and store in an airtight container.
