A simple, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread dough topped with cream cheese or buttercream frosting, or made as a sandwich (pictured).
Ingredients
1 cup flour, all-purpose — unsifted
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter — softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 recipe cream cheese or buttercream frosting (optional)
Directions
- In bowl stir together first 3 ingredients. In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat butter until smooth. Beat in flour mixture and vanilla until well blended. Refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 325 F. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place about 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten with a lightly floured fork. Bake for 15 minutes or until bottom is light golden brown. If desired, while baking, make a half recipe of cream cheese or buttercream frosting. When cookies are completely cool, frost the tops of the cookies or sandwich them (pictured).
