I love to bake! It is one of my favourite things to do.
And the Christmas season gives me all the incentive I need to bake as much as I want!
Stay tuned, as I am going to be posting a lot of holiday treats for you to try at home!
A friend of mine passed this recipe along to me and I just had to make them.
The name alone made me drool – Vanilla Bean Whipped Shortbread.
These cookies are melt in your mouth amazing!
I was a little skeptical about using a vanilla bean, as I have never baked with them before, but I will now!
They are easy to use, and the taste they give is so different and so delicious!
I found them at Costco for about $12 for 10 pods – not too bad.
Vanilla Bean Whipped Shortbread
Serves: Makes about 24 cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 vanilla bean
Instructions
- Slide a knife along the outside of the vanilla bean to reveal the centre, then gently scrape out the centre of the bean.
- Cream butter, icing sugar and vanilla bean, until fluffy.
- Add flour, then beat for 10 minutes.
- At this point you will have to scrape your bowl often to make sure all the ingredients are being whipped.
- When the batter is ready, it should be white and fluffy.
- Bake at 350 for 10 minutes, careful not to let them brown.
Vanilla Sugar
A neat thing about the vanilla bean is, after you have scraped out the centre, you can keep the shell, and put it in some sugar to make your own Vanilla Sugar. Just cover the pod with some sugar, let it sit for a few days. Use it in your coffee, or other baking. So good!
Enjoy!
Hi I'm Jo-Anna! I mom. I blog. I cook. I craft. I like pretty things.
mmmm, hoping to have some of them next weekend! I’ll say it again, too – your photography is fabulous!
These sound so good!
Does it matter if you use salted or unsalted butter?
ok, I only have unsalted now, I will try it and see! thank you! can’t wait…love shortbread!