- Hey, guys, this recipe is part
of Kin Community's second annual cookie collaboration,
and this year for my part I'm gonna show you
how to make these beautiful shortbread cookies.
It's a easy cookie to do,
because it really only takes a few ingredients,
and thanks to the help of a shortbread tin,
the tin does all the work for you.
So, after my video is done, be sure to click the playlist
and see the rest of the cookies in this collaboration.
You'll be treated to some beautiful Mexican wedding cookies
from Weelicious,
some cookie sandwiches from How to Cake It,
and a beautiful vegan cookie from Hot For Food.
A new cookie recipe will launch every day leading
up to Christmas, and to keep up with it,
you can head to the Kin Community channel
and look for the cookie collab playlist.
Okay, so let me show you how
to make these beautiful shortbread cookies.
So, we are first going to begin by adding 3/4 cup
of softened butter into the bowl of an electric mixer.
You want to beat that on high until it's nice and fluffy,
and then we are going to add 1/2 a cup of powdered sugar,
or confectioner's sugar,
or icing sugar you may also know it as.
And you just want to make sure that the sugar becomes
nice and incorporated with the butter.
And then you're gonna add a teaspoon of vanilla extract,
1/4 teaspoon of salt,
and this is something that's not very traditional
for shortbread, but I love it for Christmas,
which is fresh orange zest.
And then you can give that a beat,
and then we're also gonna add a cup and 1/2 of flour,
regular all-purpose flour.
And then here's the critical part:
you really wanna make sure that you beat that up
until everything is really well incorporated,
so I let it go for about five minutes.
I do like to get my hands nice and floured.
Go in, grab the dough, knead it a little bit,
make sure all that butter is really incorporated well,
turn it into a ball,
and then flatten into a very large disc,
and then you're gonna wrap it up into some parchment paper
and pop it in your fridge for about an hour.
This is really going to help those cookies retain the shape
once they get pressed into that mold.
So, these tins can go back sometimes hundreds of years.
In fact, some of the style of these cookies date back
to the Middle Ages, so it's a tradition
that has been around for a very long time.
This is a great way to go
if you want a decorative Christmas cookie,
but you're not very skilled at decorating cookies
with the icing and such, which I confess that's my problem.
I'm not very good at that, so I love this,
because it's minimum effort for maximum impact.
My type of cooking.
Then you're gonna take your dough out of the fridge.
I like to just kind of roll it out
so that you have a nice even layer,
'cause that's gonna allow your cookies
to actually get pressed in the mold at the same level,
because oftentimes if they're not pressed at the mold
in the same level, you can end up with little divots,
so it is important to kind of make sure you're dealing
with a nice even plane.
And then you're gonna press the dough into the tin,
making sure that you're getting all the nooks
and crannies in the corners.
Then once it's all distributed, the next thing
that I recommend is just going with the palm of your hand
and pressing it into the tin at each side,
so you kind of press it, turn the tin,
press it, turn the tin,
and what that's doing is just making sure again
that it's even and it's really getting pressed
into that mold.
And then you can also go around with your fingertips
and make sure that all the edges are also pressed in.
Once it's looking good, then you wanna take a fork
and you wanna pierce the dough just all the way up and down,
and that will allow for the steam to kind of come
through the cookie and prevent it
from kind of rising up and buckling,
so that's a critical step with shortbread.
You do need to make sure that you prick that dough.
You wanna bake the cookies at 325 Fahrenheit
for just about 27 to 30 minutes, I think is perfect.
Once your cookies are done, you do need to let them cool,
and I say go 15 minutes.
The longer you let them cool,
the more pronounced that design gets,
but you don't wanna go longer than 15 minutes,
because you do wanna cut these cookies
while they are still warm,
because that's when they're the most pliable
and won't crumble on you.
Okay, so to release your cookies,
you're going to take a cutting board,
put 'em on top, and then flip your pan and reverse it.
I like to, at this point, give it a little tap or two,
just to make sure that it's being released,
and then lift that tin up
and there you will see your beautiful shortbreads.
Then you're gonna take a sharp knife
and you're gonna cut them all vertically,
and then you're gonna cut each one horizontally.
And there you have it: beautiful shortbread cookies
that look so festive for Christmas.
They also have such a beautiful texture.
They will just melt in your mouth.
These cookies are so delicious.
They are buttery.
You've got that hint of citrus coming from the orange.
They also are the perfect cookie for gifting as well.
I hope you guys give this one a try
and let me know what you think,
and I also hope that you stick around
to watch the rest of the videos in this playlist.
There's some other terrific ideas for Christmas cookies
that I know you guys are gonna love.
All right, I will see you back here next week
with another delicious holiday recipe.
Until then, bye.
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