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Rich Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Name: Rich Shortbread Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients: ½ C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening; ½ C. unsalted butter, softened; ½ C. powdered sugar; 1 Tbsp. Grandma’s® Molasses; 2 egg yolks; 2 ½ tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract; 1 ½ C. All-purpose flour; ¼ C. Clabber Girl® Corn Starch; ½ tsp. coarse salt; ¼ tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder; ½ C. chopped pecans, optional

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 2 dozen

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½ C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
½ C. unsalted butter, softened
½ C. powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. Grandma’s® Molasses
2 egg yolks
2 ½ tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 ½ C. All-purpose flour
¼ C. Clabber Girl® Corn Starch
½ tsp. coarse salt
¼ tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
½ C. chopped pecans, optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
With a mixer, cream together the shortening, butter, powdered sugar and molasses on medium speed until smooth and creamy.
With the mixer on low speed, add the egg yolks and vanilla and blend well.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, corn starch, salt and baking powder.
Slowly add the flour mixture to the mixer and mix on low just until blended.
Stir in the chopped pecans, if using.
Scoop out tablespoons of dough onto the prepared sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges begin to brown.
Allow to cool on the baking sheet.