Spruce Tip Shortbread Cookies
These Spruce Tip Shortbread Cookies are unique and quite a conversation starter. People just won't believe what they're eating. They don't really taste like spruce, they have just a hint of spruce taste and bits of spruce tip mixed throughout the dough.
Servings: 32 cookies
Calories: 91kcal
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup fresh spruce tips
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter cold
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350˚
- line a baking sheet with a silpat baking liner or foil
- in a food processor chop the spruce tips, add the sugar and process again
- add the flour and salt, pulse to process one more time
- chop the cold butter in slices and drop in the processor
- pulse until mixed but not a complete dough ball
- pour out on the baking sheet, press together, then press out to a 12X8 rectangle
- use a knife to slice in 32 pieces, you can make them bigger or smaller if you like
- bake 22-25 minutes, remove from the oven before they turn brown but make sure they're set as well
Nutrition
Serving: 32cookies | Calories: 91kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 82mg | Sugar: 3g