Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies are a simple, buttery, and utterly delicious cookie perfect for afternoon tea, an after school snack, or any occasion.
vanilla bean shortbread cookies are subtle but delicious!
If you’re looking for a soft spoken, elegant cookie to pair with coffee or tea, look no further than vanilla bean shortbread cookies. These demure cookies speak in the hushed tones of floral vanilla bean, they quietly crunch and then melt away in your mouth. After you eat one or two, you’ll wonder why you’d ever need anything else in a cookie.
5 simple ingredients for vanilla shortbread
- butter ~ I use unsalted
- sugar ~ confectioner’s or granulated
- flour ~ all purpose
- vanilla bean
- vanilla extract
easy step by step for making vanilla bean shortbread dough
- Cream the butter and sugar along with the vanilla and vanilla bean seeds. This can be done by hand, or with electric beaters, or in a stand mixer.
- Blend in the flour until a soft crumbly dough comes together.
- You can chill the dough in a disk for cut-out cookies, or in a log form for slice and bake cookies.
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Vanilla Bean Shortbread Tea Cookies
Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies are a simple, buttery, and utterly delicious cookie perfect for afternoon tea, an after school snack, or any occasion.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
- seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 2 cups all purpose flour
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F.
- Cream the sugar and butter together with the vanilla and the vanilla bean seeds. Blend in the flour. Keep stirring until the dough comes together.
- Turn the soft dough out onto a floured surface and for into two disks, like for pie dough. Wrap the disks in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about an hour.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick and cut out the cookies. Place them on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet.
- Put the baking sheet in the refrigerator while you clean up.
- Bake the cookies for about 13 minutes until firm.
- Cool on a rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 117 kcal · Carbohydrates: 11 g · Protein: 1 g · Fat: 8 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 20 mg · Sodium: 1 mg · Potassium: 14 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 3 g · Vitamin A: 236 IU · Calcium: 4 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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Can the dough be formed into a log, refrigerated, and then sliced?
Yes, for sure!
I made this one year for a Christmas tea family gathering and everyone said it was the best cookie ever!! Now I am making it again this Christmas. Can not wait!
My daughter bought me some vanilla bean paste so I googled recipes using it and saw your recipe..
I’ve never used it before. You put in both the vanilla bean paste and vanilla?
I’m obsessed 😉 But feel free to choose one or the other.
Hi, after baking can you freeze the cookies? I plan on baking these ahead of time just wondering if they freeze well after I bake them.. Thank you
I was wondering about freezing as well! Planning to make them for a party in advance
Shortbread cookies freeze beautifully, just let them cool completely before wrapping.