Description
These delightful 3-Ingredient Flower Shortbread Cookies are a perfect treat to celebrate special moments. Made with just butter, sugar, and flour, these cookies are simple yet bursting with flavor. Ideal for gifting on Mother’s Day or a sweet homemade surprise for loved ones.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup (1 stick / 115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/4 cup (35g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour, spoon and leveled
- your choice of gel or liquid-gel food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla until combined.
- Add flour and mix until there are no dry streaks.
- To color the flower petals, set aside a little less than 1/4 of the dough, then mix food coloring into the remaining larger portion.
- Pinch off 1 teaspoon sized portions of both doughs and roll into balls. If too sticky, refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
- Arrange dough portions on parchment-lined baking sheets in flower shapes, using one uncolored ball for the center and five colored balls for petals, squishing them together.
- Chill flower-shaped cookies in the freezer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Bake cookies for 12 to 15 minutes, until no longer shiny and lightly golden around the edges.
- Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
If dough is sticky, refrigerating will make shaping easier.
Experiment with different food colorings for vibrant flower petals.
Ensure cookies have enough space on the baking sheet to bake evenly.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg