Homemade Walkers Shortbread Cookies

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Hopefully Walkers Shortbread Cookies won’t derail my weight goals in the coming year. Hubby particularly loves Walkers Shortbread Cookies. Prior to moving to the United States I usually made shortbread cookies with a recipe I adapted from Food Network’s show Barefoot Contessa. I love Ina Garten. Now Every year we look forward to Thanksgiving not only because of family time which we love so much but because that’s around the time Costco wholesale stocks up on this gigantic tin of decadent cookies that is Walkers Shortbread Cookies.

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I occasionally make Shortbread Cookies for my family during the year like these daisy shortbread cookies and these thumbprint cookies because they love it so much. You have to try these Valentine Linzer cookie hearts too.

The good thing is that shortbread cookies are so easy to make and require just 3 ingredients but the secret to a very delicious cookie is the quality of butter used. Now back to that Walkers Cookie Tin We had bought some during thanksgiving and even sent a few out as gifts. Sometime in the beginning of December we went to buy a tin for Christmas and my goodness it was all gone and it never came back ? How did we know ? Because we checked a couple more times after that. And that was it for the year. Ouch!

Since I was being lazy which was why I agreed to the purchase in the first place because those cookies are pretty pricey, I decided I would have to make some people happy by making some homemade ones. There is this particular set of cookies in the collection that are melt in your mouth with sugar sprinkled all over it. They are shortbread fingers and those my friends I would replicate today. After all it’s Christmas and I think Shortbread is the official Christmas cookie at least in my home ?I read on the pack of the tin that the Walkers Family usually cut their shortbread fingers while warm from the oven.

Cutting my cookies when I got them out of the oven fully baked was great until  I read a post by Nagi of Recipetineats where she cut the cookies when the cookies were semi baked. I decided to try that method today and it made a difference with less cracks on my shortbread fingers. I prefer a thicker cookie just like the ones in the shortbread tin we buy from Costco. If you prefer a thinner cookie see my update below. Because of the use of confectioners sugar in  this recipe, it is melt in the mouth and so delicious. The cornstarch in the confectioners sugar is a contributing factor. Because of the use of confectioners sugar this dough may be a bit too soft to roll out. You can pop dough into the refrigerator for about one hour to firm it up.

Update:

I have found that the quantity in this recipe works better with 10 by 15in or 10 by 14.5 cookie sheet. You If you are using a 9 by 13 pan adjust the recipe as follows

• 2 stick of butter (1/2 pound) of butter
• 3/4 cup of Confectioners Sugar
• 2 cups of All purpose flour

How to make shortbread fingers.

• Cream butter and sugar till fluffy

• Add flour in two batches and mix

• Press dough evenly in a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

• Smoothen the surface of dough

• Bake for 20 mins bring out of oven and slice into fingers.

• Return back to oven and finish baking.

Tools needed to make Shortbread fingers.

• 10 by 14.5 cookie sheet.

• 9 by 13 pan

• Parchment paper

• Bench scraper

• Cooling rack

• Kitchen timer

Other Short bread recipes to try.

• Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies

• Shortbread wedges

Have you tried making shortbread cookies at home? You have to give it a try it’s so easy to make that you would be wondering why you haven’t given it a go all year.

Merry Christmas beautiful people. Remember Jesus Christ is the reason for the season. Have a blessed and prosperous New year. ❤️

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4.7 from 13 votes

Walkers Shortbread Cookies

These Shortbread Cookies are literally melt in your mouth and require just 3 ingredients. You can have them anytime of the year.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Servings: 18 ( makes 36 cookies )

Calories: 219kcal

Author: Chichi Uguru

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound salted butter
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 3-1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup white sanding sugar ( optional)
• 1 tsp butter flavor ( optional)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350ºF
• Line you 15 by 10 inch cookie sheet with parchment paper making sure it overlaps
• With a hand mixer or stand mixer, mix the butter and sugar till fluffy then Mix in the butter and vanilla flavor.
  
• Add the flour in two batches. Mix in the first batch then add the second batch and mix till just combined. Do not over mix
• With your hand bring the dough together to form a ball.
  
• Transfer to the lined baking pan and press down dough till it takes the shape of the pan.
  
• You can use a small rolling pin to roll over the top to smoothen it or you use a fondant smoother to try to make sure it’s evenly pressed down.
• Put in the oven and allow to bake for about 20 mins bring it out and use a knife and slice it through to the finger size you want I got 36 shortbread fingers. Then prick surface lightly with fork. Sprinkle white sanding sugar all over surface.
  
• Put back in the oven and allow to bake for another 10 to 12 mins or until edges are golden brown. Turn off heat of the oven and allow cookies cool in the oven with the door ajar.
• After about 10 mins with the help of the overlapping parchment paper, lift out the cookies from the pan. Enjoy with warm milk.
• This is definitely the cookie Santa would love

Notes