Shortbread Cookie Recipe for Cookie Pops
- 1 c. Butter
- 2/3 c. Powdered Sugar
- ½ t. Vanilla
- ¼ t. Salt
- 2 c. Flour
Remove chilled
dough. Spray cookie pan with Pam and press cookie dough into individual
circles. With fingertips, pull cookie dough away from outer edge of circle
toward center; this will help the cookie release. Gently hold the dough with
the heel of your hand and slide the cookie stick into cookie about 2”. Pierce
cookie with fork several times to aid steam release during baking.
Bake
cookies in the upper third of 325◦ oven til they are a pale golden color and
the edges are starting to brown. Remove and place on a cooling rack until
completely cooled. Remove cookies by lifting edges with a tapered spatula or
knife. Do not pick up by sticks; this will loosen cookie stick (if baking with a whole stick for final use in cookie bouquet. See Holly's Tips for details).
Holly's Tips for Cookie Pop Baking
Sticks: I always thought the sticks looked a tad icky yellow after baking and never liked the look of them in a finished bouquet. Add in that a) I have a smallish over and b) I'm a clutz and I ended up rearranging the cookie dough every single time I baked! Then the idea hit me...if I could get rid of that long stick and still have a hole... hmmmm. So I came up with this technique. I've been doing it for years now!
Cut cookie sticks in half to avoid knocking them
out of place during baking. Once the cookies are cool to touch, gently twist
the stick out of the cookie. Dip a new, clean stick in corn syrup and place in
cookie hole.
Now, I don't make a mess of my dough and I always have a nice, clean stick in my bouquets!
Ingredients: We always get asked about family recipes for cookie pops. You can use almost any cookie recipe with a few simple rules.
- Do not use any cookie recipe that contains baking powder or soda as the cookies my not shape correctly in pan during baking. These two ingredients also make a more fragile cookie that is more likely to break with handling... and cookie pops require handling.
- If using nuts or chips, chop them fine or use mini chips. Make sure to press them into the dough so that they are not protruding.