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. 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.
what you’ll need:
- butter ~ I use unsalted.
- sugar ~ confectioner’s
- flour ~ all purpose
- vanilla bean
- vanilla extract
more shortbread cookies
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- Chocolate chunk shortbread 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.
Yield 24 cookies
Calories 117kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F
- Cream the sugar and butter together with the vanilla bean seeds. Blend in the flour and vanilla extract. 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: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 14mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
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57 Comments
Beth Friedman
February 8, 2021 at 7:51 amMy 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?
Sue Moran
February 8, 2021 at 7:53 amI’m obsessed 😉 But feel free to choose one or the other.
Denise
January 1, 2021 at 10:42 pmHi, 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