Simply Sweet: 15 Recipes for Shortbread Cookies
This simple dough bursts with buttery goodness and makes the perfect base for delicious cookies.
There's no shortage of shortbread here! This simple dough bursts with buttery goodness and makes the perfect base for delicious cookies. You can eat it as is or throw in pecans, cranberries, or extra spice. You can even make sandwich shortbread cookies filled with jam. Shortbread's simplicity leads to great creativity in these recipes we've gathered.
Shortbread Cookies
A basic shortbread is a must-have holiday recipe. Here, the cookies get dressed up in a variety of colorful and tasty glazes, making them perfect for gifting.
Recipe: Shortbread Cookies
Shortbread Diamond Jammies
These pretty diamond shaped cookies have a sweet jam filling in the center that gives the cookie a pop of color and fruity taste!
Recipe: Shortbread Diamond Jammies
Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
Pro tip: embrace the mess!
Recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Cookies
Vanilla Shortbread Hearts
These jam-filled cookies will melt hearts and resolve as they beckon with buttery vanilla goodness.
Recipe: Vanilla Shortbread Hearts
Related: Martha Stewart's Best Christmas Cookies
Bajillionaire's Shortbread
Rich dark chocolate and a little bit of rum makes this a shortbread cookie fit for a "bajillionaire."
Recipe: Bajillionaire's Shortbread
Rosemary-Walnut Shortbread Cookies
Rosemary represents remembrance and these rosemary shortbread cookies are sure to make a lasting impression.
Dark Chocolate-Cherry Shortbreads
These addictive shortbread cookies from pastry chef Umber Ahmad are chocolaty and buttery, and studded with chewy bits of dried cherries. Their secret ingredient: grated lime zest, which adds a subtle flavor.
Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate
"This shortbread gives you a pecan-and-chocolate fix without all the work of making a pie," says F&W's Marcia Kiesel, who developed the incredibly easy recipe.
Recipe: Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate
Cranberry Shortbread
Dried cranberries and chopped pistachios add a seasonal taste and flair to these traditional cookies. They can be made ahead and frozen up to a month, letting you spend more time outside the kitchen this holiday season.
Recipe: Cranberry Shortbread
Related: 70+ Ideas for Christmas Cookies
Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Karen DeMasco beats the dough for these buttery cookies with an entire vanilla bean, so the oils in the pod add deep vanilla flavor. By rolling the dough in demerara sugar before slicing and baking the cookies, she makes them extra-crispy. (Recipe adapted from The Craft of Baking.)
Recipe: Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate-Covered Shortbread
These white-chocolate-dipped cookies are versatile enough to suit all tastes and make a simple project for kids in the kitchen.
Recipe: Chocolate-Covered Shortbread
Shortbread Bites
These bite sized cookies are colorful and festive blocks of deliciousness.
Recipe: Shortbread Bites
Lemon Cranberry Shortbread
These delightfully buttery cookies are given a certain tang by adding lemon peel curls and cranberries.
Recipe: Lemon Cranberry Shortbread
Related: Watching a Pro Make Christmas Cookies is Absolutely Mesmerizing
Double Ginger Shortbread Triangles
Ginger fans rejoice! These crumbly butter cookies feature ground ginger in the mixture as well as strips of crystallized ginger as a decorative—and tasty—topping.
Johnny Iuzzini's Salt Butter Shortbread
This shortbread is Johnny Iuzzini's favorite version of the classic French recipe because of its sandy texture — something between a crisp cookie and a sponge.
Salted Shortbread Cookies
A little salt brings out the sweetness in these simple shortbread cookies.
Recipe: Salted Shortbread Cookies
