I am an avid pinner, lol. 40 boards and 2,505 pins and counting. I am VERY guilty of pinning things and moving along and never "trying" any of those things that I've pinned... up until recently. I've been braving recipes and even ideas that I've pinned and I will hopefully start a new feature here on 2twentythree with Pinterest Monday.
My first installation for Pinterest Monday will be this recipe for Brown Sugar Shortbread.
I had actually hoped to try this recipe during the holidays for cookie platter giveaways, but you don't even know how hard it is to track down the glace cherries... at all!!! You would think during the holidays there would be plenty around for people wanting to make fruitcakes, lol. But I actually don't know too many people who make those, let alone eat them anymore. I scoured so many stores and came up empty handed. I finally found one last container of the red glace cherries AFTER New Years at Walmart. That small container had been sitting in my pantry for about a month and I finally bothered with the recipe.
What an EASY peasy recipe with minimal ingredients! It came together so easily. The only thing I would change is the addition of almond extract. I thought the glace cherries would put a little flavor to it, but there was none. I also baked them for 12 minutes as opposed to the 10 minutes as suggested. I think shortbread should have a crunch to it.
I will definitely be revisiting this recipe. I actually think these could be super cute for upcoming Valentine's Day cut into hearts. Instead of rolling them into logs though, I would roll them out onto a cookie sheet, refrigerate them for a bit, and then cut them with cookie cutters. If only those glace fruit were easy to find in the grocery stores, because I know there are glace pineapple out there too.
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