Dried Cranberry Shortbread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup icing sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325f with rack in center.
• 2 put butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, and salt, in large mixing bowl. stir together by hand until combined, but not creamy. stir in dried cranberries.
• 3 press dough evenly into 8" square baking pan.
• 4 bake until firm and pale golden, about 30 minutes.
• 5 let cool in pan on wire rack about 20 minutes.
• 6 run knife around edges to loosen from pan and move to work surface, right side up.
• 7 cut out using cookie cutter, or cut in to squares using knife.