Vanilla Shortbread Sugar Cookies

BEWARE!! There is a new favorite cookie in town… The Vanilla Shortbread Sugar Cookie. Not only is it delicious… it is SUPER easy!!

It is all about the Vanilla Bean…

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Fancy or Not so Fancy Shortbread

One of the beauties of these simple cookies is you can dress them up a little with some course sugar or sprinkles or you can leave them plain.

Whether you decide to make them a little fancy or keep them simple they are DELICIOUS!

Chilling out a bit

It is important to give the dough a little time to chill. There is so much butter in these cookies that if you do not chill them they will just run wild as they bake and you will get a VERY thin cookie that has no chew to it at all. All you need is just 20-30 minutes in the fridge.

So just take a minute and watch your favorite Netflix show and then get to baking.

To roll or not

Unlike a more traditional shortbread you DO NOT have to roll the dough out. You can use a small cookie scoop and then gently press it down to about 1/2′ inch and bake. I went ahead and rolled out the dough because I wanted to use my scalloped cookie cutters.

You will get a delicious cookie either way you choose to go.