extra crispy shortbread cookies

East Hampton, NY
Updated on Mar 2, 2012

I love shortbread and this recipe was originally listed as a sugar cookie but it IS a shortbread by definition...with a nice extra crunch :o)

prep time 10 Min
cook time 35 Min
method ---
yield 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2-3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter,softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups rice krispies cereal

How To Make extra crispy shortbread cookies

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 300* and lightly butter your baking pan.
  • Step 2
    Beat salt,butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Step 3
    Dissolve baking soda in the vanilla extract and add to butter/sugar mixture, beating until combined well.
  • Step 4
    Add flour one cup at a time to the butter/sugar mixture ,beat until combined well.
  • Step 5
    Gently fold in rice krispies until well incorporated. Drop by 2 tablespoon size mounds onto pans and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Step 6
    Remove pan from oven and flatten cookies slightly with back of spatula and return to oven making sure to rotate pan( if you are doing 2 pans at once then rotate AND switch pans on racks) and cook for 20-25 minutes more. cool on wire rack which seems best because for some reason they seem to hold heat longer than a regular cookie.
  • Step 7
    *** NOTE*** DO NOT USE REGULAR SALTED BUTTER. Also these can be sprinkled with sugar before baking...or drizzled with melted chocolate after they are cooled.

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