Gg's Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat butter, 1 1/2 cup sugar, and confectioners' sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; mix in cornstarch and 2 cups flour. make a well in the center of the dough; add egg and mix well. knead the remaining 1 cup flour into dough using your hands until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
• roll dough into walnut-sized balls. pour 1/4 cup sugar into a bowl; dip top of each ball in sugar. arrange balls on a baking sheet. slightly flatten each ball using the bottom of a drinking glass.
• bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.