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How to Make Chef John's Rosemary Shortbread Cookies - A Step-by-Step Guide

If you're looking for a delicious and unique cookie recipe to impress your friends and family, look no further than Chef John's Rosemary Shortbread Cookies. These buttery, crumbly cookies are infused with the earthy, aromatic flavor of fresh rosemary, giving them a sophisticated and unexpected twist that will have everyone asking for more.

Shortbread cookies are a classic favorite for good reason – their rich, tender texture and not-too-sweet flavor make them irresistible. But when yo...

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Ingredients

  • 8 ounces cold, unsalted butter, cut into thin slices
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rosemary (not minced)
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • white sugar, or as desired

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 50 mins
  • Additional Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
  • Servings: 16
  • Yield: 32 cookies

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Place cold butter, sugar, rosemary, salt, and vanilla extract in bowl. Combine with the back of a spatula or spoon, slowly incorporating ingredients together until butter has softened somewhat and ingredients come together.
  • Pour flour into bowl with butter mixture. Flour your hands to then incorporate flour into the butter, using fingertips and rubbing mixture together until flour-y crumbs become buttery crumbs, 1 to 2 minutes. Press mixture together into a dough ball.
  • Transfer dough to lightly floured work surface. Press dough into a disk, then into a 1/2-inch thick rectangle. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap. Flatten dough to 1/4-inch thick using a flat pan or rolling pin. Reshape into a rectangle.
  • Cut dough lengthwise into 5 even strips about 1 inch wide, trimming extra dough if necessary. Cut each strip into 6 evenly sized squares. (You can roll out scraps to form more cookies if necessary). Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle each cookie with about a pinch of sugar. Using a fork, poke 4 rows of holes into each cookie.
  • Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 50 minutes.
  • Cool cookies 10 minutes on sheet; transfer cookies to rack to cool completely.

    • Nutrition

    192 cal.

    • Total Fat: 12g
    • Saturated Fat: 7g
    • Cholesterol: 30mg
    • Sodium: 122mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 21g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 7g
    • Protein: 2g
    • Calcium: 7mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 24mg

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    Dessert recipes
    Baking recipes
    Cookie recipes
    Sweet recipes
    Treat recipes