Ingredients

The following ingredients have 30 Servings
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups salted butter (at room temperature - see notes)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ cup cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Colored candied cherries or dried cranberries (for garnish)

Instruction

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Position your oven rack in the middle of your oven.
  • Add the flour, butter, powdered sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla to a deep mixing bowl.
  • Begin mixing the ingredients using electric beaters at their lowest speed. Once the dry ingredients begin mixing with the butter and are not dusty anymore, increase the speed to medium.
  • A few minutes later, the dough will start to look like sand. Keep beating the dough for another 3-4 minutes and it will start to come together.
  • Once the dough comes together and your beaters start straining, increase the speed to high and beat the dough for another 1-2 minutes, or until it resembles thick whipped cream.
  • Drop the dough into small mounds (about 2-3 tablespoons) on a baking sheet. If using, gently press a dried cranberry into the tops of the cookies then bake for 15 minutes. It is best to bake one sheet of cookies at the same time. Use a new sheet pan for the next batch. The cookie dough must be added to a cool baking sheet.
  • Let the cookies cool for at least 10 minutes then use an offset spatula or slotted fish spatula to remove the cookies from the sheet pan and transfer them to a cooling rack.