Hearst Castle Shortbread Cookies Recipe

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Hearst Castle Shortbread Cookies
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Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside.
  2. In a mixing bowl beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and beat again, scraping down the sides of the mixing bowl once or twice as you are mixing. Beat in the vanilla extract. If you have a vanilla bean slit it open along its entire length, scrape out the vanilla bean paste from the interior of the bean, and add this to the mixer as well. Add the flour mixture in two additions. Stir until everything comes together into a thick dough.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a countertop and divide into two pieces, there is quite a bit of dough, so cutting it into two pieces just makes it easier to roll out later on. Press each piece of dough out into a flat patty an inch thick. Wrap each piece in plastic and chill completely in the refrigerator - about thirty minutes. When the dough is chilled, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out 1/4-1/2-inch thick. Cut the dough into desired shapes using cookie cutters or a knife and place on a parchment (or Silpat) lined baking sheet.
  4. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are barely golden.
  5. Makes 3 or 4 dozen tiny cookies - more or less depending on the size of your cutters.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1349.95 Kcal (5652 kJ)
Calories from fat 773.75 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 85.97g 132%
Cholesterol 162.5mg 54%
Sodium 880.25mg 37%
Potassium 1381.12mg 29%
Total Carbs 132.2g 44%
Sugars 43.72g 175%
Dietary Fiber 2.51g 10%
Protein 14.29g 29%
Vitamin A 0.8mg 25%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 86.3mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 510.54 Kcal (2138 kJ)
Calories from fat 292.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.51g 132%
Cholesterol 61.46mg 54%
Sodium 332.91mg 37%
Potassium 522.33mg 29%
Total Carbs 50g 44%
Sugars 16.53g 175%
Dietary Fiber 0.95g 10%
Protein 5.4g 29%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 25%
Iron 0.3mg 5%
Calcium 32.7mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 33.7
    Points
  • 38
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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