Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies are soft, buttery cookies made by baking a blend of abundant butter, flour, eggs & sugar shaped with cookie cutter and glazed with chocolate. Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies are tasty delight surprise for the family during Christmas and special occasions.
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Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups wheat flour
- 1 no egg
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup chocolate glaze
Instructions
- To a mixing bowl - add powdered sugar and butter. Whisk well until creamy.
- Add vanilla essence and egg. Whisk well. It will look like curdling, do not panic but keep whisking.
- After few mins, it will become creamy, gather together. Place a sieve over the mixing bowl - add wheat flour.
- Add baking powder and salt. Sieve well to the mixing bowl.
- Gather together to form a soft dough. Cling wrap it and refrigerate it. The dough will be soft so refrigerate at least for a hour then use it. It keeps well at least for a week.
- Roll between butter paper to avoid sticking. Roll it to 1/4 inch thickness, take your favorite cookie cutter.
- Cut shapes using the cutter. Arrange it in baking tray lined with butter paper.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 10-12 mins or until the edges start to turn golden brown. Let the cookies cool down completely. Prepare the chocolate glaze and keep it ready.
- Take a cookie and dip it in. You can make icing cone and draw too. I made it simple by just dipping in chocolate glaze.
- Let it cool down then store Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies.
Notes
- I used homemade wheat flour. You can use white flour or wheat flour as per your preference.
- You can use chocolate glaze or just melt cooking chocolate and use it too.
How to make Whole Wheat Shortbread Cookies
- To a mixing bowl – add powdered sugar and butter.Whisk well until creamy.
- Add vanilla essence and egg.Whisk well.It will look like curdling, do not panic but keep whisking.
- After few mins, it will become creamy, gather together.Place a sieve over the mixing bowl – add wheat flour.
- Add baking powder and salt.Sieve well to the mixing bowl.
- Gather together to form a soft dough.Cling wrap it and refrigerate it.The dough will be soft so refrigerate atleast for a hour then use it.It keeps well atleast for a week.
- Refrigerate it for atleast an hour.Roll between butter paper to avoid sticking.Roll it to 1/4 inch thickness, take your favorite cookie cutter.
- Cut shapes using the cutter.
- Arrange it in baking tray lined with butter paper.Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 10-12 mins or until the edges start to turn golden brown.Let the cookies cool down completely.Prepare the chocolate glaze and keep it ready.
- Take a cookie and dip it in.You can make icing cone and draw too.I made it simple by just dipping in chocolate glaze.
Let it cool down then store.
Make these cookies and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- I used homemade wheat flour. You can use white flour or wheat flour as per your preference.
- You can use chocolate glaze or just melt cooking chocolate and use it too.
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