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Rosemary Orange Shortbread Cookies

Got a rosemary bush growing out of control? Combine it with orange and make buttery shortbread cookies.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cookies, orange, rosemary, shortbread
Author: April

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
  • 6 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped rosemary dried or fresh, but you may want to increase by half if using fresh
  • 1 tbsp orange zest dried or fresh, same note as above for fresh
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Beat the butter and sugar until well blended.
  • Add in the flour, rosemary, orange, and salt, and continue to mix until it resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Use your hands to finish forming the dough into a ball.
  • Flatten and place the dough between two large sheets of parchment paper and roll it to about ¼″ thick.
  • Refrigerate the dough for at least 10 minutes or up to an hour.
  • Use a cookie cutter of choice (I don’t recommend anything too crazy since the dough is still a bit crumby, a circle or square would be best) to cut out cookies and transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet. Re-roll the scraps until you’ve used it up.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, do not let the cookies brown.