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Shortbread Cookie Recipes

Shortbread is a delicious, buttery start to a wide variety of cookies and cookie bars. Shortbread cookies can stand alone, favored with a touch of vanilla and nothing more. But you can also top shortbread with fruit and crumbles, tart lemon curd, or creamy Dulce de Leche. Or, fill little shortbread cookies with chocolate or fruit preserves. Turn them into sandwich cookies, or stuffed them with fruit, nuts, and chocolate chips.

  • A stack of three brown butter citrus shortbread cookies.
    Brown Butter Citrus Shortbread Cookies
  • A cranberry pistachio cookie on a small gold-trimmed dessert plate.
    Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
  • Freshly baked almond thumbprint cookies resting on a wood tray.
    Almond Thumbprint Cookies
  • A wood serving platter stacked with cherry shortbread crumble bars.
    Cherry Crumble Bars with a Shortbread Crust
  • A tray of white and dark chocolate covered pistachio shortbread cookies.
    Double Chocolate Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
  • A tray of three peppermint hot fudge thumbprint cookies.
    Peppermint Hot Fudge Thumbprints
  • A glass plate filled with brown butter frosted ad decorated Christmas cookies.
    Frosted Brown Butter Citrus Shortbread Christmas Cookies
  • A stack of lemon bars on a plate with a bite taken out of the bar on the top of the stack.
    Triple Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust
  • A platter piled high with double chocolate kiss cookies.
    Double Chocolate Kiss Cookies
  • A wood platter piled high with Spritz wreath Christmas cookies.
    Spritz Wreath Cookies
  • Piles of Pecan Sand Tarts, some plain and some with chocolate chips or chocolate kisses.
    Pecan Sand Tarts
  • Chocolate fruit and nut shortbread cookies
    Chocolate, Fruit and Nut Shortbread Cookies

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