Shortbread cookies with icing

Cut out shortbread cookies are soft, buttery, and melt in your mouth. Made with a simple 5-ingredient cookie dough and decorated with optional royal icing.

15-Minute Shortbread Cookies - Delicious and easy shortbread cookies that come together in 15 minutes (or less!) and can be eaten alone or topped with your favorite icing or filling!

I love shortbread and I like sugar cookies but a cookie that is both...that's heaven! This is the kind of icing that "dries" and makes almost like a candy shell on the cookie. When the icing is dry, store in an airtight container for up to a week. You can also keep the unbaked dough in the fridge for up to a week...but who can resist making these that long? You have to use butter to get the right taste. Sometimes just for a different flavor I add a teaspoon or two of almond extract.

Almond Meltaway Cookies are a lot like shortbread cookies, with a sweet almond glaze on top. They're so tasty and they melt in your mouth!

Vanilla Meltaway Cookies are the original Meltaway Cookies! With a soft shortbread vanilla cookie base and a sweet vanilla icing, they melt in your mouth!

These shortbread cookies have an exciting play between sugar and salt with a full-on buttery flavor and perfectly crumbly texture. They are the platonic ideal of perfect shortbread.

These Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing are such a delightful change to the classic shortbread cookie. Bright, citrusy, and flavorful, you’ll love making and then enjoying a batch of these lemon shortbread cookies. These bright, flavorful cookies make the perfect spring or summer dessert!

Whipped Shortbread Drop Cookies can have a different flavor and appearance every time you make them The possibilities are endless, and simply delicious.

An easy, buttery and light shortbread cookie with icing. Make these at Christmas or anytime!

Crumbly, buttery & delicious, these Classic Shortbread Cookies are just perfect for the holiday season. You can decorate them in so many ways