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This shortbread cookie recipe makes some of the best shortbread cookies I’ve ever had The bars are light and tender and the cinnamon sugar topping gives them a little flair.
So, do you guys know what time it is?
Girl Scout cookie time. It’s both the best and worst time of the year.
It’s the best because peanut butter patties, thin mints, and shortbread cookies. It’s the worst because my pants won’t fit anymore in a couple of weeks.
I was always the weirdo kid who looked forward to the most boring of all cookies…the shortbread ones! All the other kids were after the chocolate and the caramel and the peanut butter. There I was, hangin’ with my grandma, dunking the shortbread cookies in a glass of milk before watching the evening news, taking out my dentures, and heading off to bed.
I didn’t care that the other kids thought shortbread cookies were boring. I knew better. Shortbread is where it’s at.
Butter, flaky, tender, and coated in cinnamon and sugar. I could live on shortbread cookies.
So, I went ahead and made these shortbread cookie bars, because everybody needs a fail proof shortbread cookie recipe and, let’s face it, bars are easier than cookies.
I sprinkled these bars with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, just to liven them up a bit. These were seriously the best shortbread cookies I’ve ever eaten. I mean, I didn’t think plain shortbread cookies could get any better, but wow. I was wrong.
Give these a try and let me know if it’s the best shortbread cookie recipe you’ve ever made!
And, don’t forget to check out my oatmeal cookie bars that have been getting rave reviews and my gingerbread cookie bars!
Cinnamon Sugar Shortbread Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups butter room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the flour and cornstarch until well combined.
- Pat into an ungreased 10x15 rimmed baking sheet. Prick all over with a fork.
- In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the dough.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden and the cookie is set.
- Cut into bars while still warm.
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Joanne says
Shortbread is one of my most favorite things! It’s simplicity just makes it all the more perfect…although I am totally down with adding some cinnamon sugar to the shortbread mix!
Thao @ In Good Flavor says
These shortbread bars look wonderful and not at all boring! I love how easy it is to make.
toby l fox says
I thought I had made almost every kind of cookie, but I haven’t made any that looked like these. I can’t wait to try them after I finish the lemonade girl scout cookies.
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love a good shortbread cookie! Cinnamon sugar is a perfect addition!
Debra says
For years in Canada we have only had the chocolate or white cookies .. a few years ago they started bringing in the chocolate mint and they have the audacity to ask which kind you would like!! Growing up we always made whipped shortbread whuch sound a lot like these. To this day I make them at Christmas, no cinnamon, but cut up cherries on each and every one!
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
Shortbread cookies are by far my favorite. Everything is better with butter and this type of cookies is no exception. I don’t think I’ve seen a version quite like
this one. Most excellent.
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says
Shortbread is where it’s at. . LOL. . love that! Yeah, this time of the year is rough because I’m not only recovering from all the Valentine’s Day baking and eating. . but then I see my beloved girl scout cookies everywhere I turn! love these cinnamon sugar shortbread bars . . these just might make me put down a thin mint and give this recipe a try! 😛
A Young Wife says
I always buy Shortbread Girl Scout cookies, to me those are the classics. I could eat a whole box of those. These look so delicious and anything cinnamon sugar is a win in my book. 🙂
Nicole - Coking for Keeps says
It’s like a snickerdoodle in shortbread form — I love it!!
Jess Knight says
OoOo, these look so soft and tender! You’ve convinced me that they are the best shortbread I’ll ever have. Pinned this recipe 🙂
Malinda @countrysidecravings says
I really like shortbread cookies too, they are so addicting and I could eat the whole batch myself!
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says
I experienced your girl scout cookies for the first time last year! Growing up in Canada, we had different cookies. Plain chocolate and plain vanilla.
Whomp whomp.
But, the shortbread ones are my jam too! Because buttery cookies are the best…so with cinnamon? YEP. Pinned!
Karly says
Canada needs to get it together.
Laura ~ RYG says
I love the idea of cinnamon shortbread cookies, I have never heard of such a thing! But I have finally gotten to the point where I feel like I can say “no” to the girl scouts when they come selling. I buy from the first few girls who sell, but after that, I feel like, no it’s ok because I don’t need 100 boxes of cookies.
Belinda @themoonblushbaker says
Totally a sucker for cinnamon desserts. Even better that it in a bar form too, too easy!
Tori@Gringalicious.com says
The drooling has commenced! There are no words to describe my love for these!