Danescook Cookie Mold Classic Shortbread

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups flour (1/4 set aside)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f in a medium mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla. add 2 cups flour and mix until dough is smooth. if dough feels sticky add additional 1/4 cup flour as needed.dough should be soft but not sticky.
• 2 spray cookie mold lightly with vegetable pan spray.
• 3 flour mold, shake out excess. firmly press dough into mold, making sure dough is even.
• 4 prick surface with fork and bake in mold 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 5 cool in mold 15 minutes.
• 6 loosen edges of shortbread with tip of knife and flip mold over onto cooling rack. makes 4 cookies.
• 7 note:for cookies press dough in mold and bake flowing recipe directions. for best results, bake in mold. for easier handling, place mold on a cookie sheet before baking. if desired, to make more than one cookie at a time, you may release dough from mold and bake directly on cookie sheet. to unmold after cooling, run knife blade on the edge of mold and release.
• 8 for candy: freeze mold at least 20 minutes before molding candy. melt chocolate or confectionery coating as directed on package. fill mold cavity to top; freeze approximately 10 minutes to set and release.
• 9 for rolled fondant: it's easy to create a fondant "plaque" to add dimension to any type of cake. press fondant paste lightly into cavity, then release.
• 10 cool mold completely before washing. to clean hand wash in warm soapy water; rinse thoroughly.