Click here for the royal icing recipe I used.I used a Kopykake projector to help me pipe Alice’s shape.There’s got to be a cutter out there you could use though (drop me a line please if you see one), or even just pipe her on a rectangular cookie.
Easy enough to do if you’re only doing a few cookies, but a heads-up in case you don’t already know, time-consuming if you’re doing a lot of them. The Alice cookie shape was made by hand cutting the dough with a paring knife.
#Best shortbread cookie recipe for decorating series#
I can’t wait to make a whole series of other Alice characters, but for now I’m excited to be starting a series of just princess cookies copied from this piece of art. Ī few sweet morsels of information I’d love to share with you: Kind of fitting with the whole tea time thing, are these Alice in Wonderland cookies. The original shortbread isn’t made with cornstarch and has quite an interesting history, b.t.w., and as it’s often served with tea, I thought it would be fun to make a few Alice in Wonderland decorated cookies with it.
The taste difference between it and my sugar cookie recipe is subtle, but this one definitely tastes like a traditional shortbread, and *gasp* has one whole cup of cornstarch in it! I couldn’t believe it when I first made it, and was a little doubtful about how successful the recipe would be, but it turns out that the cornstarch in this version of shortbread is what helps give the cookie a ‘melt-in-your-mouth’ sensation. Thanks to my dear friend Kim whom I adore, for sharing her family’s recipe with me… She’s not on-line, but she’s crazy about baking too, and we’ve experienced many sweet adventures together. Remember that shortbread cookies get better with age, so make them ahead and if you can resist, fill up a cookie tin and let them sit for a week or more before Christmas eating.I have yummy news! I’m ready to share another recipe with you… A recipe I like to use as cookie decorating base… Melt-in-your-mouth, delicious, buttery shortbread. of salt with the flour if you’d like.īoth the cut, but unbaked cookies and the baked cookies freeze well. If using unsalted butter, you can add about 1/8 tsp. The baked cookies can also be frozen, but best to let them age at room temperature for a few days before freezing.ĭecorate your cookies for Christmas with quartered red or green glace cherries, red or green sprinkles or a walnut piece or blanched, slivered almond. Allow to age a few days, at least and up to several weeks. Simply allow to cool completely and tuck in to a wax paper lined cookie tin. In fact, if you try one right after baking, you will discover they have very little flavour. Traditional shortbread cookies need to “age” to develop flavour. I can attest to the fact that they were delicious since generous sampling was undertaken ) Thanks Dad for sharing your cookie recipe and your kitchen! Cook’s Notes You can also freeze both the cut dough shapes (to bake later) or the baked cookies.Īnd here are his beautiful finished cookies. As I noted above, shortbread cookies are ones that only get better with age, so bake them, cool and store in a cookie tin to age. The cookies took about 30 minutes in the oven and were set onto cooling racks. I clearly inherited both my sweet tooth and my baking ways from him. Since retiring though, he’s turned in to quite the baker. My Dad didn’t retire until he was 76, so he didn’t have a lot of time for cooking over the years. He looked slightly terrified, so I promised to only photograph his hands :)
This year, I asked if I could come by and document the annual shortbread cookie making and post about it here. He bakes them up in early December and let’s them age for a few weeks until Christmas. My Dad’s mother, my grandmother, made the best shortbread cookies, but as far as I know, she (sadly) never shared her special recipe.įor many years my now 80-year-old Dad has taken care of baking the Christmas shortbread. Shortbread cookies have been a staple every holiday season, going back a long way. It wouldn’t be Christmas for me without some traditional Christmas shortbread cookies. Today I’m sharing my Dad’s Christmas Shortbread Cookies recipe, that he makes every year in early December, then tucks away for holiday treats throughout the season. My Dad’s recipe for traditional Christmas shortbread cookies.
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