Toffee Shortbread
 
Makes approximately 18
Ingredients
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup toffee bits
  • Garnish: confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together butter and light brown sugar with a mixer at medium speed until creamy, 3 to 4 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl. Beat in vanilla extract and salt. With mixer at low speed, gradually add flour and toffee bits, beating just until a dough begins to form.
  3. Press dough into an 8-inch square baking pan.
  4. Bake until shortbread is lightly browned, 35 to 40 minutes. While still warm, use small leaf-shaped cutters to carefully punch shapes into shortbread, leaving shortbread in the pan to let cool completely.
  5. When cooled, flip shortbread out of pan and use cutters to carefully cut out shapes, discarding scraps. Store shortbread in an airtight container and serve within 3 days.
Recipe by TeaTime Magazine at https://teatimemagazine.com/toffee-shortbread/