Spiced Shortbread Button Cookies

Are you looking for a taste of fall this spring? These Spiced Shortbread Button Cookies are the perfect treat. Spices on the outside and white chocolate on the inside, how can you go wrong? These cookies can also be made larger as shown or bite sized for the kiddos to enjoy. Either way, you will want to try our newest recipe for Spiced Shortbread Button Cookies!

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Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup Can Sugar
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Ginger
1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
1 ounce Cream Cheese
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Lemon Zest
6 ounces chopped White Chocolate

Instructions:

1. Mix flour, sugar, spices and salt together until combined.
2. Add butter one piece at a time until dough looks crumbly.
3. Add cream cheese, vanilla extract and lemon zest. Beat until dough forms larger clumps.
4. Transfer dough to counter and knead until it forms a large ball. Form into a disk and wrap disk in plastic. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 375F.
6. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll disk of dough 1/8 inch thick. You may need to roll the dough between 2 large sheets of parchment paper if it is sticking.

7. Using a 2 inch round cutter, cut dough into circles. Space the cookies 1/2 inch apart on prepared sheets.
8. Using a plastic straw or wood skewer, cut four small holes into the center of the cookies to make them look like buttons.
9. Bake cookies until edges are golden brown, about 10 minutes.
10. Cool cookies completely.
11. Melt white chocolate for sandwiching the cookies. When the cookies are cooled, spread white chocolate on one cookie and sandwich plain cookie on top.
12. Allow cookies to cool completely and enjoy!

Thank you for trying my Spiced Shortbread Button Cookies. As always, feel free to email me with any questions you may have. For more dessert ideas, check out these recipes below:

Ultra Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
Harry Potter Inspired Pumpkin Pasty Recipe
Anderson Family Raspberry White Chocolate Cookie Recipe 
Brownie Peanut Butter Nutella Layered Cheesecake

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