3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe (3,2,1 Ratio)
This classic 3 ingredients old fashioned butter shortbread cookie recipe (3,2,1 Ratio) is made the traditional way by using 3 parts flour, 2 part butter and 1 part icing sugar. There are many variations of butter cookies with far too many ingredients in them. Keep this traditional iconic cookie classic by following our simple recipe and step by step instructions.
Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe In Volume Measurements:
- 1 cup butter, ambient temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe In Ounces:
- 8 ounce butter, ambient temperature
- 10 ounce all purpose flour
- 2 ounce icing sugar
Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe In Grams:
- 226 grams butter ambient temperature
- 240 grams all purpose flour
- 60 grams icing sugar
How to make Butter Shortbread Cookies?
- Preheat your oven to 175°C ( 350°F).
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper or silmat.
- Sift the icing sugar into a mixing bowl.
- Add the butter and mix together using a paddle attachment until mixture is smooth and creamy. If you don’t have a stand mixer you can use a hand mixer or food processor.
- Add the all purpose flour into the butter mixture and mix until dough begins to form.
- Transfer the cookie dough onto a floured working surface and roll it into a 2 inch log in width.
- Cover the the shortbread dough with plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is firm.
- Remove the cookie dough from the fridge and cut into 1/2 inch thick round discs.
- Place cut cookie dough discs onto baking tray separating them anout 1/2 inch apart from each other.
- Bake fir approximately 15-18 minutes or until the butter cookies are light golden color.
- Cool butter shortbread cookies onto wire rack for 20 minutes before serving.
- Store cookies in an air tight container.
3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe (3,2,1 Ratio)
This classic 3 ingredient old fashioned butter shortbread cookie recipe (3,2,1 Ratio) is made the traditional way by using 3 parts flour, 2 part butter and 1 part icing sugar. There are many variations of butter cookies with far to many ingredients in them. Keep this traditional iconic cookie classic by following our simple recipe and step by step instructions.
Ingredients
Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe In Volume Measurements:
- 1 cup butter ambient temperature
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe In Ounces:
- 8 ounce butter ambient temperature
- 10 ounce all purpose flour
- 2 ounce icing sugar
Butter Shortbread Cookie Recipe In Grams:
- 226 grams butter ambient temperature
- 240 grams all purpose flour
- 60 grams icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 175°C ( 350°F).
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper or silmat.
- Sift the icing sugar into a mixing bowl.
- Add the butter and mix together using a paddle attachment until mixture is smooth and creamy. If you don’t have a stand mixer you can use a hand mixer or food processor.
- Add the all purpose flour into the butter mixture and mix until dough begins to form.
- Transfer the cookie dough onto a floured working surface and roll it into a 2 inch log in width.
- Cover the the shortbread dough with plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is firm.
- Remove the cookie dough from the fridge and cut into 1/2 inch thick round discs.
- Place cut cookie dough discs onto baking tray separating them anout 1/2 inch apart from each other.
- Bake fir approximately 15-18 minutes or until the butter cookies are light golden color.
- Cool butter shortbread cookies onto wire rack for 20 minutes before serving.
- Store cookies in an air tight container.
Best shortbread cookies I’ve made to date
I am a retired baker and used to make butter shortbread cookies but we used to add cornstarch. This recipe is simple and the shortbread cookies just meltbin your mouth. Thank you gimmeyummy for sharing your recipe I look forward to making many more of your delicious recipes.
Love that you kept this recipe easy, the results are tasty.
Made these shortbread cookies with my little ones and they loved them.
best tasting shortbread cookie recipe.
Love the simplicity of recipe especially the 3 2 1 ratio.
Made these over the weekend and everyone loved them.
I love this recipe simple and easy.
Thanks for sharing!
Love this butter cookie recipe, will share on my instagram and facebbok.
Just what I was looking, nice recipe.
Thanks for this amazing recipe.
Hi, We’re happy you enjoyed this simple butter cookie recipe. A stick of butter weighs 113 grams.
Happy Baking!!
Gimme Yummy Team
I love the simplicity of this recipe.
Hey Georgia!! This is the most simple and easy yet yummy recipe. I loved 3-Ingredient Shortbread Cookie. This goes wonderful with my morning coffee. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Hi from Ireland! Was wondering how much a stick of butter is plz if you could tell me? We use grams and kilograms here. Thanks!
Perfect recipe!
Very easy to make.