brown sugar shortbread

Ok, who doesn’t love cookies?! Especially Christmas cookies?

This time of year is delicious, isn’t it?

So to kick off my Christmas cookie baking, I made these Brown Sugar Shortbread cookies.
I like this little cookie because they are easy to make, and they are yum yummy!
And the best part?
You can bake them when you want them…make a batch today, and make one tomorrow.
Or make a batch after everyone goes to bed…just sayin’

(adapted from the Best of Bridge)
1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup chopped red & green glace cherries

Cream the butter and brown sugar until it is very soft.
Then add the flour, 1 cup at a time, and beat well each time.
Chop the cherries in to small pieces, and add them to the batter. Mix well.

Roll the dough in wax paper to make a log 2″ in diameter. Wrap tightly.
Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
When ready to bake, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Cut the log into 1/4″ slices, and bake for ~10 minutes.

Brown Sugar Shortbread

Ingredients

1 cup butter
½ cup brown sugar
2¼ cups flour
¾ cup chopped red & green glace cherries

Instructions

Cream the butter and brown sugar until it is very soft.
Then add the flour, 1 cup at a time, and beat well each time.
Chop the cherries in to small pieces, and add them to the batter. Mix well.
Roll the dough in wax paper to make a log 2″ in diameter. Wrap tightly.
Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
When ready to bake, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Cut the log into ¼” slices, and bake for ~10 minutes.

If you don’t like glace cherries, you can omit them, or add chopped up cranberries instead.
You can bake these as you need them. Just pull a log out of the fridge when you are ready, and make a tray for today. Make a tray tomorrow.
I actually like this cookie better the next day, after it has rested.
These are really yummy with at little Bailey’s on ice. Yeeum.