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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 12 Minutes |
Ready In: 12 Minutes Servings: 414 |
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Short dough is a simple recipe that has many uses. It can be made to create cookies of different flavor or line tart pans. Ingredients:
16 oz butter (1 lb) |
6 oz sugar (.38 lb) |
1/2 tsp. salt |
4 1/2 oz eggs (about 2 eggs) (.28 lb) |
1 lb + 8 oz (.50 lb) all purpose flour |
Directions:
1. Cream together the sugar, butter, and salt using a mixer and a paddle attatched to mix
2. Add the eggs gradually. One at a time until it all comes together
3. Add flour all at once. Mix just enough until all ingredients are incorrporated with each other.
4. Knead the dough to until the dough is smooth.
5. Place the dough on a paper lined sheet pan and press the dough out as flat as possible so it can cool quickly.
6. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes so it is firm to work with.
7. Roll out the dough into a rectange and 3 mm thick.
8. Use a fluted cutter to cut out the shapes.
9. Use a decorating tip to punch out holes in the cookies (only punch out holes in half of the cookies because the other half will be the base of the cookie)
10. Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 min depending on the size of the cookies.
11. Gather the cookies with the holes and sift confectioners sugar on top.
12. Fill the base of the cookies with your favorite jam and cover with the top.
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