Shortbread cookie recipe with icing

Cut out shortbread cookies are soft, buttery, and melt in your mouth. Made with a simple 5-ingredient cookie dough and decorated with optional royal icing.

Crumbly, buttery & delicious, these Classic Shortbread Cookies are just perfect for the holiday season. You can decorate them in so many ways

An easy, buttery and light shortbread cookie with icing. Make these at Christmas or anytime!

I love shortbread and I like sugar cookies but a cookie that is both...that's heaven! This is the kind of icing that "dries" and makes almost like a candy shell on the cookie. When the icing is dry, store in an airtight container for up to a week. You can also keep the unbaked dough in the fridge for up to a week...but who can resist making these that long? You have to use butter to get the right taste. Sometimes just for a different flavor I add a teaspoon or two of almond extract.

Shortbread Cookies are simple in appearance, but their rich, buttery flavor makes it impossible to eat just one! Here's how to make them.

These soft, buttery shortbread cookies only need 4 pantry ingredients and are melt-in-your-mouth delicious!

15-Minute Shortbread Cookies - Delicious and easy shortbread cookies that come together in 15 minutes (or less!) and can be eaten alone or topped with your favorite icing or filling!

These shortbread cookies are so buttery, crispy, and melt in your mouth. They only require 6 ingredients and I bet they're all in your pantry

Get those Christmas sugar cookies finished quickly with this easy frosting. Stir it up quickly with vanilla or almond flavoring - and you won't even need a recipe! Click to find out how.

Shortbread cookies have a rich, buttery flavor and a classic texture that keeps you craving more! Simple ingredients and easy to bake.