Maple Shortbread Cookies

We made these simple shortbread cookies recently and had fun making different shapes and letters, what a fun way to learn baking and letters!

Ingredients:

• 5 oz butter diced and a little extra for greasing
• 8 oz of plain flour and some for dusting
• 4 oz sugar
• one tablespoon of maple syrup 

Method:

1. grease a baking tray with butter
2. sieve the flour and rub in the butter with fingers until it looks like bread crumbs
3. stir in sugar and maple syrup and make a firm dough
4. roll it out onto a floured surface to about 1 inch thickness 
5. have fun making different shapes 
6. bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes until lightly golden
7. dust with confectioners sugar

While visiting the Charleston Tea Plantation  I got some cookie cutters in the shape of a tea pot, can't wait to make these again soon :-)


What cookie cutter shape would you like?