Cookie Recipe: Holiday Shortbread Cookies

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About the only time of year you will find me doing a lot of baking is right now, during the holidays. I love to cook up a full course dinner just about any time, but baking requires a little more finesse. It also requires an easy to follow recipe, or I end up with an inedible mess! Thankfully Gay Lea provided me with a cookbook full of excellent shortbread cookie recipes, so I decided to try my hand at some pretty shortbread cookies.

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Don’t they look wonderful? They taste pretty good too. You can find the recipe in the Our Table Shared Meals cookbook published by Gay Lea.

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183 responses to “Cookie Recipe: Holiday Shortbread Cookies”

  1. Sandra Avatar
    Sandra

    I would have to say that I would try any of the chips. I do love bread and pasta very much, but chips would be the go to thing in the evening watching tv.

  2. Florence C Avatar
    Florence C

    Berry Sensible Beginnings Cereal

  3. Marla Avatar
    Marla

    Pizza 🙂

  4. ashley p Avatar
    ashley p

    I would bake cupcakes or cookies

  5. christine wakely Avatar
    christine wakely

    Shortbread cookies for sure!

  6. bonnie c Avatar
    bonnie c

    4 stars
    i would like to try the glutino chocolate pretzyls

  7. Gizele Avatar
    Gizele

    I would bake a german chocolate cake.

  8. Kristin Ashe Avatar
    Kristin Ashe

    Cookies!

  9. leah leitch Avatar
    leah leitch

    I would make an awesome chocolate cake!

  10. V. Hill Avatar
    V. Hill

    Cookies. 🙂

  11. Elaine G Avatar
    Elaine G

    I would make shortbread cookies.

  12. Lynda Cook Avatar
    Lynda Cook

    cookies lots of cookies!!

  13. suzi Avatar
    suzi

    cookies! 🙂

  14. Jonnie Hartling Avatar
    Jonnie Hartling

    I would make fudge and sugar cookies

  15. Sandra Rooke Avatar
    Sandra Rooke

    Sugar cookies!

  16. Ann Freele Avatar
    Ann Freele

    of course sugar cookies…those are a favorite

  17. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    Nanaimo bars

  18. Amy Stackhouse Avatar
    Amy Stackhouse

    I would definitely make cookies! I make peppermint and Skor shortbreads and more!

  19. anna key Avatar
    anna key

    5 stars
    I would bake cookies! Not sure what kind…maybe sugar cookies

  20. Pamela Aljoe Avatar
    Pamela Aljoe

    Cookies cookies and more cookies
    Thanks for the chance to win

  21. Julie Bolduc Avatar
    Julie Bolduc

    Cookies

  22. Rene Avatar
    Rene

    I would make double chocolate crinkles and butter tarts!

  23. missbobloblaw Avatar
    missbobloblaw

    Browned butter cookies!

  24. tanyab79 Avatar
    tanyab79

    buttertarts

  25. Larisa R Avatar
    Larisa R

    5 stars
    love sugar cookies 🙂

  26. Chandra Christine O'Connor Avatar
    Chandra Christine O’Connor

    5 stars
    sugar cookies

  27. Rachel Moir Avatar
    Rachel Moir

    pie crust

  28. Doris Calvert Avatar
    Doris Calvert

    shortbread, pie crust

  29. Robyn L Avatar
    Robyn L

    I’d bake cookies; love them with a cup of coffee

  30. susanne mccarthy Avatar
    susanne mccarthy

    Shortbread cookies….delicious!!

  31. Stephanie SassyModernMom Avatar

    I would make shortbread!

  32. Tina L. Avatar
    Tina L.

    definitely shortbread

  33. Monique Avatar
    Monique

    shortbread

  34. natasha severson Avatar
    natasha severson

    shortbread cookies

  35. kim ouellette Avatar
    kim ouellette

    for sure the shortbread snowman the snowflakes and even the wreathes…!

  36. Elnaz S Avatar
    Elnaz S

    I would bake shortbread with that lovely recipe!

  37. Heidi C. Avatar
    Heidi C.

    My Granny’s shortbread recipe! Yum!

  38. Nora Edmiston-Harlos Avatar
    Nora Edmiston-Harlos

    shortbread! going to try this recipe as mine did not turn out this year

  39. Athena Avatar
    Athena

    Shortbread

  40. phyllis cadwell Avatar
    phyllis cadwell

    shortbread

  41. Sylvia L Avatar
    Sylvia L

    shortbread cookies!

  42. charityk Avatar
    charityk

    sugar cookies

  43. Ira Avatar
    Ira

    My favorite cake! It uses a lot of butter 🙂

  44. Brenda Penton Avatar
    Brenda Penton

    5 stars
    I’d make Shortbread Spritz cookies

  45. Heidi Avatar
    Heidi

    sugar cookies

  46. Renee Avatar
    Renee

    Gingerbread

  47. Margaux Retrophiliac Avatar
    Margaux Retrophiliac

    Delicious chocolate chip cookies!! MmMm. Those are great!

  48. Carol M (Lushka S) Avatar
    Carol M (Lushka S)

    I would bake cookies

  49. Katarina Avatar
    Katarina

    Gingerbread cookies!!!

  50. Glogirl Avatar
    Glogirl

    I would make some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

  51. eleanor Avatar
    eleanor

    I’d like to bake shortbread cookies and cheescake

  52. l p Avatar
    l p

    cookies – they are the best with butter. thanks

  53. harriet h Avatar
    harriet h

    brown eyed susans yum

  54. Jeannie Avatar
    Jeannie

    I would bake some shortbread cookies

  55. amber leblanc Avatar
    amber leblanc

    I would make shortbread….my holiday favourite as well as my childrens:)

  56. Carol Denny Avatar
    Carol Denny

    I would make shortbread cookies. Everyone likes them!

  57. Silvia D Avatar
    Silvia D

    i would make shortbread and sugar cookies.

  58. vanessa foster Avatar
    vanessa foster

    yum yum yum yum

  59. Judy C (Judy Cowan) Avatar
    Judy C (Judy Cowan)

    I would make shortbread & sugar cookies – two favorite Christmas cookies!

  60. Nancy T Avatar
    Nancy T

    Skor bits shortbread! YUMMY

  61. Andreia Avatar
    Andreia

    I am a sucker for shortbread, especially at Christmas!

  62. Kayla Gilbert Avatar
    Kayla Gilbert

    5 stars
    After reading the recipe, I’m craving shortbread cookies!

  63. Melinda L. Avatar
    Melinda L.

    Bake more shortbread and sugar cookies 😀

  64. penny1029 Avatar
    penny1029

    christmas cookies, but shortbread tops the list

  65. Marianne Avatar
    Marianne

    Some type of cookies, sugar maybe?

  66. Christina Ferguson Avatar
    Christina Ferguson

    5 stars
    I would make my Grandmas shortbread cookies. I change up the recipe by dipping them in chocolate and chopped nuts.

  67. Gemma Avatar
    Gemma

    My favourite…shortbread!

  68. Julie G. Avatar
    Julie G.

    Peanutbutter cookies first, my granddaughter’s favourite.

  69. cheryl Avatar
    cheryl

    lots of cookies

  70. Belinda McNabb Avatar
    Belinda McNabb

    I would like to use it to make shortbread cookies

  71. rod jackson Avatar
    rod jackson

    sugar cookies and decorate them for my family.

  72. 409cope Avatar
    409cope

    I would bake hermit cookies.

  73. SueSueper Avatar
    SueSueper

    I want to make cinnamon rolls. 🙂

  74. Karry Knisley Avatar
    Karry Knisley

    Shortbread cookies… I am addicted

  75. Monique L. S. Avatar
    Monique L. S.

    A cake. Found a great recipe for banana cake with cream cheese icing.

  76. Debbie W Avatar
    Debbie W

    5 stars
    I would make some shortbread and belgium cookies

  77. Maegan Morin Avatar
    Maegan Morin

    I would use it to make some yummy snickerdoodles. Ive really been craving them lately lol.

  78. Cassie Fancy Avatar
    Cassie Fancy

    5 stars
    Short bread cookies <3

  79. Amy C Avatar
    Amy C

    I would make short bread cookies.

  80. Rebby Avatar
    Rebby

    Shortbread cookies!

  81. jen s. Avatar
    jen s.

    I’d make gingerbread cookies

  82. Juliee Fitze Avatar
    Juliee Fitze

    I would make short bread cookies.

  83. nicolthepickle Avatar
    nicolthepickle

    I would make some Millionaire’s shortbread. They’re shortbread with caramel and chocolate on top.

  84. SweetPanda Avatar
    SweetPanda

    I would try to make short bread cookies for the very first time!

  85. macfsh Avatar
    macfsh

    Definitely I would make shortbread. It’s my favourite.

  86. angela m Avatar
    angela m

    I would make some gingerbread cookies
    thanks

  87. Lynn Avatar
    Lynn

    I would make yummy shortbread!

  88. Jennifer L. Avatar
    Jennifer L.

    I’d make sugar cookies.

  89. Micheal Lefebvre Avatar
    Micheal Lefebvre

    I would make sugar cookies

  90. J Avatar
    J

    5 stars
    Cookies, galore!

  91. Karla Sceviour Avatar
    Karla Sceviour

    I would bake some chocolate chip cookies!

  92. Anna W Avatar
    Anna W

    I would bake banana bread and eat those yummy candies while it is in the oven =)

  93. Jo Ann Moffatt Avatar
    Jo Ann Moffatt

    I would bake shortbread cookies.

  94. Miriam Wilton Avatar
    Miriam Wilton

    sugar cookies for the kids to decorate

  95. lori b Avatar
    lori b

    5 stars
    shortbread cookies for me as well

  96. Francine Avatar
    Francine

    I use GayLea butter all year for baking – I’d bake cookies!

  97. Karen Hill Avatar
    Karen Hill

    I would bake Shortbread cookies

  98. andie Avatar
    andie

    Lots of holiday treats, starting w shortbread, then PB balls w choc.

  99. Andrew P Avatar
    Andrew P

    I’d make shortbread cookies

  100. Roseline Avatar
    Roseline

    I would bake a yummy banana loaf!

  101. Sarah Stickney Avatar
    Sarah Stickney

    sugar cookies

    1. Tricia Hope Avatar
      Tricia Hope

      Whipped shortbread

  102. Tanis Avatar
    Tanis

    Shortbread cookies!

  103. danielle t Avatar
    danielle t

    I’d bake sugar cookies or short bread. I’m not the best in the kitchen but I can normally get those 2 done for the holidays

  104. Andrea Amy Avatar
    Andrea Amy

    5 stars
    I would bake sugar cookies for the kids! they could decorate them 🙂

  105. Yan D Avatar
    Yan D

    cake and cookies

  106. BobbiJo Pentney Avatar
    BobbiJo Pentney

    Shortbread cookies

  107. MrDisco Avatar
    MrDisco

    an apple pie

  108. Mike Kozseluha Avatar
    Mike Kozseluha

    Shortbread cookies flavoured with Baileys – YUMMY !!!!!

  109. Lyndsey Avatar
    Lyndsey

    I would bake an apple crumble 🙂

  110. Barbara Hutcheson Avatar
    Barbara Hutcheson

    ******I would bake sugar cookies and shortbread ******

  111. Bcteagirl Avatar
    Bcteagirl

    Mmm… snickerdoodles, potato pankcakes, bread pudding, oven pancakes.. any number of things really!

  112. Josie Avatar
    Josie

    chocolate chip cookies

  113. Karine Avatar
    Karine

    I would make macarons 🙂

  114. Sunshine G Avatar
    Sunshine G

    Chocolate chip cookies!

  115. roger simmons Avatar
    roger simmons

    5 stars
    Make cookies of course!

  116. Yvonne Tabaracci Avatar
    Yvonne Tabaracci

    I would bake apple crumble.

  117. marlene smith Avatar
    marlene smith

    5 stars
    i would make shortbread cookies

  118. kristen visser Avatar
    kristen visser

    4 stars
    sugar cookies:)

  119. Connie Avatar
    Connie

    Cookies and loaves.

  120. Fran Robson Avatar
    Fran Robson

    Shortbread cookies

  121. dan williams Avatar
    dan williams

    4 stars
    like to make cookies, just need to give them away before I eat them

  122. Pat B Avatar
    Pat B

    Some delicious buttery pie crusts for apple pies

  123. Gwen Collins Avatar
    Gwen Collins

    5 stars
    Anything I can that is good for a diabetic

  124. darci Avatar
    darci

    Pecan tarts

  125. Soozle Avatar
    Soozle

    This time of year – more shortbread cookies!

  126. angie smith Avatar
    angie smith

    i’m dying to try making sugar cookies

  127. Lucy Avatar
    Lucy

    cookies

  128. Pip444 Avatar
    Pip444

    definitely cookies

  129. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    cookies

  130. Beth R Avatar
    Beth R

    I would make some coookies for New Year’s Eve.

  131. ivy pluchinsky Avatar
    ivy pluchinsky

    cookies for sure

  132. Christine D Avatar
    Christine D

    Cookies, bread, and cake!

  133. shelley Hickey Avatar
    shelley Hickey

    coooooookies

  134. Samorjj Avatar
    Samorjj

    I would make chocolate chip cookies.

  135. Tammy Dalley Avatar
    Tammy Dalley

    I would bake some delicious cookies

  136. Holly Avatar
    Holly

    5 stars
    Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies 🙂

  137. julia g Avatar
    julia g

    i would make sugar cookies.

  138. stacey Avatar
    stacey

    cinnamon buns and biscuits!

  139. Rebecca Avatar
    Rebecca

    I’d make winter themed sugar cookies!

  140. Erika E Avatar
    Erika E

    I would bake shortbread cookies, which are my favourite.

  141. RaeDavenport Avatar
    RaeDavenport

    I’d make the snowflake shortbread cookies – very pretty.

  142. Bev Avatar
    Bev

    I would bake either sugar cookies or shortbread cookies.

  143. Lori Bazan Avatar
    Lori Bazan

    5 stars
    I am a shortbread lover….favorite cookie always!

  144. Jane Hammill Avatar
    Jane Hammill

    Shortbread for sure and also some easy Peanut butter and choc chip cookies. I also love to use Gay Lea in sauces and to cook garlic and onions for soups.

  145. Joy M. Avatar
    Joy M.

    cookies!

  146. Stephanie LaPlante Avatar

    I would bake my favorite chocolate chip cookies!!!

  147. Toby Avatar
    Toby

    Whipped Shortbread!

  148. Cheryl Almas Avatar
    Cheryl Almas

    5 stars
    I would make some shortbread cookies.

  149. Piroska Avatar
    Piroska

    I’d bake some Chocolate Shortbread.

  150. Elaine Jasvins Avatar
    Elaine Jasvins

    Shortbread cookies!!

  151. Surso S. Avatar
    Surso S.

    Cake

  152. Marie Constantineau Avatar
    Marie Constantineau

    iced sugar cookies to reflect on the past month

  153. Maggie Golden Avatar
    Maggie Golden

    My Grandmother’s Scottish Shortbread recipe!

  154. Sabrina T Avatar
    Sabrina T

    5 stars
    I’d probably bake some short bread since I didn’t make any this past year. Although I may try something new and be more adventurous this year.

  155. Choo Choo Avatar
    Choo Choo

    Almond and chocolate chip biscotti!

  156. Penny Routledge Avatar
    Penny Routledge

    4 stars
    I would make Gumdrop Shortbread cookies.

  157. Katharine W Avatar
    Katharine W

    Would seriously make the shortbread cookies recipe provided here. Got a stand mixer for christmas so let the baking begin!

  158. Wanda Bergman Avatar
    Wanda Bergman

    I would start by baking shortbread cookies.

  159. jenn erin Avatar
    jenn erin

    I would make the shortbread cookies. I haven’t had them in ages and this post made me crave them!!

  160. Heather H Avatar
    Heather H

    4 stars
    One of my new years resolutions is to bake more – buy less packaged goods .. so I would be trying everything ! cookies, cakes, muffins !

  161. Lee-Ann Avatar
    Lee-Ann

    5 stars
    we love making shortbread…all year long!

  162. emma walpole Avatar
    emma walpole

    my skor shortbread would be first thing on my list to make

  163. Keri Avatar
    Keri

    with my sons birthday coming up, I would definitely be baking a cake and will be topping it with butter icing

  164. Elizabeth R Avatar
    Elizabeth R

    It will definitely be shortbread.

  165. Christy Martin Avatar
    Christy Martin

    I would probably bake chocolate chip cookies. Can’t go wrong! Then maybe some cupcakes.

  166. KIMBERLEY Avatar
    KIMBERLEY

    short breads of course and butter tarts

  167. Aimée Robison Avatar
    Aimée Robison

    Shortbread cookies 🙂

  168. Kris L Avatar
    Kris L

    some sweet yummy shortbreat!

  169. lauren e. Avatar
    lauren e.

    I’d make shortbread hearts for my daughter

  170. Robyn B. Avatar
    Robyn B.

    I would make sugar cookies.

  171. Autumn R Avatar
    Autumn R

    5 stars
    Shortbread cookies and Gingerbread men 🙂

  172. Anne Clemmer Avatar
    Anne Clemmer

    cookies

  173. Lee Parsons Avatar
    Lee Parsons

    I would probably bake shortbread cookies.

  174. renee Avatar
    renee

    sugar cookies

  175. Marvin Avatar
    Marvin

    Shortbread cookies are my favorite.

  176. Leah Lucas Avatar
    Leah Lucas

    Chocolate Chip Cookies

  177. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Shortbread cookies!

  178. sarah jackson Avatar
    sarah jackson

    muffins

  179. Rick F Avatar
    Rick F

    I love shortbread cookies!!!

  180. Cheryl Avatar
    Cheryl

    Nothing better than a good shortbread and a cup of tea!! These are beautiful! Almost too pretty to eat….almost 😉

    1. Jamie hall Avatar
      Jamie hall

      I love shortbread but mine never work ou5

  181. Silvia D Avatar
    Silvia D

    going to be making them on the weekend!

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