Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe

This Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe is really easy to make, despite the steps required! This fun little cookie recipe is perfect for making on a lazy summer afternoon, so you have something to nosh on for dessert that evening!

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Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe

I gave some of these Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies to a friend and she thought they had a maple flavor. These sweet little shortbread are really pretty rich and delicious. They are so dense and sweet, you really don't need more than one or two to satisfy that sweet tooth craving! 

These iced brown sugar shortbread cookies are perfect for the Christmas holiday, as they store well and are perfect for gift giving! Bake up a batch and give them to friends and family with a pretty tin tied up with a bow, and you are good to go! Everyone loves homemade gifts, and they REALLY, REALLY love homemade BAKED GOODS as gifts! YUM!

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Be careful with the icing. It can burn quickly and easily. Don't hesitate to turn down the heat a bit if you're worried it will burn.

How to Make Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe Ingredients:

• 12 tablespoons butter
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1-½ cups flour

Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe Directions:

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Once melted, remove from heat and stir in sugar, vanilla and salt and mix well.

Mix in flour just until combined.

Grease an 8x8 square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Press dough into pan. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 300 and bake for 50 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting into 16 squares with a hot knife. Leave shortbread in pan to cool completely.

Once cool, remove shortbread from pan and frost.

Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe Icing Ingredients:

• ¼ cup butter
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons half and half
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe Icing Directions:

Add butter to a small saucepan until melted and boiling.

Stir in sugar and whisk constantly until boiling.

Boil for 2 minutes, continuing to stir.

The mixture will double and bubble. Remove from heat and stir in half and half and vanilla.

Let cool for about 15 minutes until lukewarm. Gradually add powdered sugar until thick.

If mixture is too thick, add additional half and half, one tablespoon at a time, mixing well after each addition. Spread onto each shortbread square.

This Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe makes 16 squares.

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Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe

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Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies

Author Jennifer

Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons butter
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1-½ cups flour
• Icing Ingredients:
• ¼ cup butter
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons half and half
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

1. Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe Directions:
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Once melted, remove from heat and stir in sugar, vanilla and salt and mix well. Mix in flour just until combined.
3. Grease an 8x8 square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Press dough into pan. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Preheat oven to 300 and bake for 50 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting into 16 squares with a hot knife. Leave shortbread in pan to cool completely.
4. Once cool, remove shortbread from pan and frost.
5. Icing Directions:
6. Add butter to a small saucepan until melted and boiling. Stir in sugar and whisk constantly until boiling. Boil for 2 minutes, continuing to stir. The mixture will double and bubble. Remove from heat and stir in half and half and vanilla. Let cool for about 15 minutes until lukewarm. Gradually add powdered sugar until thick. If mixture is too thick, add additional half and half, one tablespoon at a time, mixing well after each addition. Spread onto each shortbread square.

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