Light, buttery shortbread cookies! Cut them into Christmas shapes and decorate with colored sugar and maraschino cherries.
Ingredients
- butter: 1 cup (softened)
- confectioners' sugar: 0.5 cup
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.125 tsp
- egg yolk: 1 piece
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- red decorator sugar: 1 jar (2.25 ounce jar)
- maraschino cherries: 1 jar (10 ounce jar, drained)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Cream together the butter, sugar, salt, nutmeg and egg yolk. Add the flour a little at a time until mixture is stiff.
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Place onto floured board and knead lightly until the dough begins to crack. Roll out 1/4 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.
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Place on un-greased cookie sheet, decorate with colored sugar crystals and maraschino cherries.
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Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
