Browned Butter Shortbread
- 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 3 tablespoons Land O Lakes Butter
- 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons hot water
- Heat oven to 300F.
- Melt 1 cup butter in heavy 1-quart saucepan over medium heat.
- Continue cooking, stirring constantly and watching closely, 4-6 minutes or until butter just starts to turn golden.
- (Butter will get foamy and bubble.)
- Immediately remove from heat.
- Refrigerate 5 minutes.
- Combine browned butter, brown sugar, powdered sugar and vanilla in bowl.
- Beat at medium speed until well mixed.
- Add flours; beat at low speed until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Press dough into ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
- Prick all over with fork.
- Bake 18-22 minutes or until set but not brown.
- Cool 5 minutes.
- Cut into squares, rectangles, diamonds or triangles with sharp knife while hot.
- Brown 3 tablespoons butter in heavy 1-quart saucepan 2-3 minutes or until golden.
- Cool 5 minutes.
- Combine browned butter and all remaining glaze ingredients except hot water in bowl.
- Beat at medium speed, adding enough hot water for desired glazing consistency.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled shortbread.
- Let stand to set glaze.
butter, brown sugar, powdered sugar, vanilla, flour, cake flour, butter, light corn syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar, water
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/48/browned-butter-shortbread (may not work)