Rich shortbread gets a delicious twist with apple-spice seasonings and icing.
Sugar-and-Spice Shortbread Sticks
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 3/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1 to 2 tablespoons apple juice

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg; beat until light and fluffy. Add flour and 3/4 teaspoon apple pie spice; mix well. Divide dough in half; shape each half into flattened disk. Wrap each in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 1 hour for easier handling.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. On lightly floured surface, roll half of dough at a time to 12x6-inch rectangle. Keep remaining half of dough refrigerated. Cut dough rectangle lengthwise in half; cut each half into 1-inch-wide sticks. Place sticks 1/2 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake at 350°F. for 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool 10 minutes or until completely cooled.
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Step4Meanwhile, in small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients until smooth, adding enough apple juice for desired glaze consistency. Spread glaze on tops of cookies. Let stand until glaze is set before storing.
Nutrition
90
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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