Take buttery shortbread cookies to another level by adding delicious and nutritious poppy seeds.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- butter: 1 cup (cut into small pieces, cold)
- confectioners' sugar: 0.66667 cup
- poppy seeds: 2 tsp
- vanilla extract: 0.5 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
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Combine flour, butter, confectioners' sugar, poppy seeds, vanilla extract, and salt in the bowl of a food processor; pulse to combine. Dough will be dry and crumbly.
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Press dough into a 11x7-inch baking pan. Pierce entire surface with a fork to prevent the dough from rising during baking.
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Bake in the preheated oven until edges start to turn slightly brown, 30 to 40 minutes.
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Remove shortbread from pan and cut into 12 equal-sized bars while still warm. Place on a wire rack to cool.
