Melt in the mouth shortbread. This quick and easy shortbread will literally melt when you take a bite. Great for Christmas parties with a little bit of decorating. In my mind, shortbread contains butter, flour and sugar in the proper proportions. However, the good reviews associated with recipe convinced me to try it. They literally melt in your mouth.

These shortbread cookies are crazy soft. When I say they melt in your mouth, I mean it. This is a delicious recipe to get the children messy with the ingredients. You can cook Melt in the mouth shortbread using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Melt in the mouth shortbread

You need 1 cup of butter.
It's Half of a cup of sugar.
It's 1 of and a half tsp of vanilla.
Prepare 2 cups of plain flour.
You need Half of a tsp of salt.

To get the kids more involved they could possibly weigh out the ingredients. Christmas Recipes, Gluten Free Cakes & Biscuits, Recipes. Some may consider Shortbread to be a bit too fiddly to make at home but it is so very worth it and once you realise how very simple it actually is you'll be making it all the time. In a large bowl cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until very creamy.

Melt in the mouth shortbread step by step

Preheat oven to 160c.
Cream the butter and sugar untill creamy.
Add the flour, salt and vanilla and mix till it formes a dough.
Press into a lined square tin amd bake for 25-35 minutes or untill brown.
Cut into squares and leave to cool.
Enjoy!.

These shortbread stamped cookies are a treat to both kids and adults. This is a simple and easy recipe to make. They are butter based with a soft crumb that melts in the mouth. It must melt in your mouth, and look gorgeous! Use my recipe to make a traditional shortbread two ways!