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Buttery Shortbread Cookies~ Panera Bread Copy

Course Cookies, Desserts
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

cookie

  • 8 oz 2 sticks butter room temperature
  • 2 cups cake flour (you can use all purpose but cake flour makes a much softer cookie)
  • 3/4 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

frosting

  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted butter or salted depending on your taste, I prefer salted, softened
  • 2 tbs milk any type will work just fine
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients; use hands to knead until ingredients are blended. Press dough into ungreased pans. Before baking, mark rectangle cookie lines with a knife to get the authentic Panera shortbread cookie look!
  • Bake at 325 degrees F for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Don't overbake!
  • Watch out, these are melt in your mouth addictingly ( a word I just made up) good!
  • Note: If you like a sweeter shortbread cookie try the frosting recipe below, very similar to Panera's shortbread cookie frosting recipe:

frosting

  • Combine Ingredients, Whip for 30 seconds on low, then crank it up to high speed for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Add food coloring and spread over cookies! Enjoy!

Notes

Buttery Shortbread Cookies~ Panera Bread Copy Cat Recipe~ OMG Good!

"These are Delicious buttery cookies that taste just like Panera's shortbread cookies!"
 
 
Optional:
Form the dough into a ball and then cut into two.  I have a small oven, so I use half sheet pans.  Even with a large oven, half of the dough is much easier to roll out than the entire amount.
Cut the dough into half
Roll out the dough to form a circle.  I roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick.
You don’t want the dough too thin or else the cookies won’t have a good “bite” and maybe crispy.  Cut the dough into 8th’s, like a pizza.
Roll out the dough into a circle. Much easier than rolling and then cutting into a square. All about making it easy!
Transfer to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Use a meat tenderizer to gently press the pattern onto the cookies.  This will give them their unique look.
Cut into eight pieces… just like a pizza.
Texturize the slices with a meat tenderizer
 
 
 
Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until the edges have slightly browned.  Don’t over bake.