uncle bill s whipped shortbread cookies

🥘 Ingredients

• • butter
• • all-purpose flour
• • icing sugar
• • vanilla extract
• • red maraschino cherry
• • green maraschino cherry

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f
2. 2 in a mixing bowl and using an electric mixer , combine butter , flour , icing sugar and vanilla extract
3. 3 mix until mixture is a smooth consistency
4. 4 prepare cookie sheets with parchment paper
5. 5 spoon out dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets by teaspoonfuls or by tablespoons for larger cookies , spacing about 2 inches apart
6. 6 cut maraschino cherries into quarters and place one piece in the middle of each cookie , alternating with red and green cherries
7. 7 bake in preheated 350 f oven for 13 to 15 minutes or until bottom of cookies are lightly browned , do not overbake
8. 8 remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes
9. 9 transfer onto wire racks to finish cooling
10. 10 store in a container with a lid and separate each layer with wax paper
11. 11 use sprinkles , half an almond or half a cashew or chocolate to the top of the cookies before baking
12. 12 a thumbprint in the cookie , filled with your choice of jam is very tasty
13. 13 it has been suggested that the cookies be refrigerated for at least 1 / 2 hour before baking for a different texture