Whipped Shortbread

Whipped Shortbread

Serves 30 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1 cup soft butter

Directions

Combine flour and icing sugar in a large measuring cup.
Whip butter until it is light coloured
Whipped Shorbread - whip the butter
Gradually add the flour and sugar mixture. Beat with an electric mixer until it is light and fluffy(about 7 or 8 minutes). It will have the texture of stiffly whipped cream. This picture shows the mixture when it is first blended and then after it has been whipped for 8 minutes.
Whipped Shorbread - whip for 7 or 8 minutes
Pipe with a piping bag with a 1 inch diameter serrated opening or you can use a cookie press or you can drop from a teaspoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Whipped Shorbread - piping bag
Space about and inch and a half apart
Whipped Shorbread - pipe the dough
Decorate with tiny maraschino cherry pieces
Whipped Shorbread - ready to bake
Bake at 325 deg F for approximately 13 minutes or until they are just starting to colour along the edges.