ShortBread cookies

Take the cold butter and cube it

Now whisk it for 5 mins

Add the sugar and whisk again

Whisking the butter and sugar is an very important step here

Scrape the sides and keep whisking for 10 to12 mins

Gradually incorporate the flour in 2 tbsp batch

Add flour and whisk

Once your cookie dough is formed, refrigerate it for 30 mins

Remove and roll the dough into 1/4 inch thickness

Cut them into desired shapes

Pierce holes to avoid them from puffing up

Again refrigerate the cookies

Preheat the oven to 180 D Celsius

Bake the cookies for 15 mins The cookies should still look white from top and little golden from bottom

Remove them from the oven and cool them on the cooling rack

The cookies will be crisp but will have that soft effect aswell

If you want your cookies to be more crisp bake a little longer