Melt In Your Mouth Shortbread

I prepared my bread board with some flour, along with my rolling pin.  Found the heart cookie cutter, and use the cinnamon red for a little decoration in each cookie.   The cinnamon reds baked fine.  I rolled one section at a time, like Paula did, keeping the remaining dough wrapped in the wax paper to prepare drying out.   Roll the cookie dough about 5/16 inch thick and cut in desired shapes. I prepared my baking sheets with parchment paper.  Just remember to keep your rolling pin smooth with no little pieces of dough.  They will make little indents in your cookies and you don’t want that.  They don’t spread but a tiny bit so fill the sheet with a few rows of cookies and put in the freezer for a little bit, turn on the oven and allow to preheat, cut more cookie shapes and the first pan should be ready to bake.   They will not turn brown so watch them.  Bake at 300 degrees for about 12 minutes.   I got 2 1/2 dozen hearts.  

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2013-02-06 10:49:52

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