Honey Chrysanthemum Shortbread Cookies
These honey chrysanthemum shortbread cookies are tender and buttery and tastes of mild honey and fragrant chrysanthemum. It's perfect for an afternoon tea or a sweet gift for your friends, family, or neighbor!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened ((or 2 sticks))
- 3 Tablespoon dry chrysanthemum, grounded
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2½ cup all-purpose flour ((spooned & leveled))
- oil ((optional; use as needed))
Instructions
- 1
In a large mixing bowl, cream together softened butter and the ground chrysanthemum until the butter is light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes.
- 2
Add the sugar, honey, and salt to the butter and blend together until completely incorporated and evenly distributed.
- 3
Mix the flour into the creamed butter until the dough comes together but still crumbly.Fold the dough onto itself a few times to compact it into one cohesive dough.*The dough will look dry at first but don't worry!*
- 4
Roll together 2 cookie scoops worth of dough into a ball. Very lightly brush the cookie stamps, and with even pressure, stamp the dough to about ¼ inch thickness. Gently remove the stamp from the dough and using a 3 inch circle cutter, trim away the excess cookie dough.Repeat with the remaining dough and make sure to place the cookies about an inch apart on a parchment lined sheet pan.*If you do not wish to stamp your cookies, you can either portion and flatten the cookie dough to about ¼ inch thick or roll the entire dough to ¼ inch thick then cut the cookie dough to your desired shapes.*
- 5
Once the cookie doughs have been shaped and trimmed, place them in the fridge and let them chill for 30 minutes to an hour, or overnight.*If you are chilling the dough overnight, I recommend wrapping the sheet pan to keep the cookies tender after baking.*
- 6
Preheat oven to 325°F then bake the cookies for about 14-16 minutes until the cookies have puffed up in the center and the edges are golden brown.
- 7
Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely. The cookies will harden once they are cooled
- 8
Enjoy with a nice cup of tea!