Funfetti Shortbread Bites #christmas #cookies

Today my kids intellection I was the coolest mom e'er. Why? I prefabricated these Funfetti Shortbread Bites, Xmas call of action!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (226g) salted butter, cold and diced into 1 Tbsp pieces*
• 2/3 cup (142g) granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 2 1/4 cups (318g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level flour to measure)
• 2 1/2 Tbsp (30g) nonpareils sprinkles (any color), then about 1/2 Tbsp more for tops if desired

Manual

1. Butter a 13 by 9-inch hot activity and destination with 2 sheets of parchment cover (one horizontally and one vertically. I also suchlike to butter between parchment sheets so they adhere) leaving a 1-inch over listen on all sides, set parenthesis.
2. In the trough of an automobile defence mixer take unitedly butter and sweetener until rise combined. Mix in almond selection. With mixer set on low movement easy add in flour and mix until combined (it module expend a while and give materialize dry and blonde at no. but it give commence to turn unitedly).
3. Mix and structure in sprinkles. Force dough into an justified bed in braced pan (I did it with my hands first then victimised the inferior of a scene activity cup to assist diplomatical it out). Alter dough in icebox 20 - 30 transactions. Meantime preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4. Alter dough from pan using parchment hang on all sides. Cut into 1/2-inch squares using a extensive piercing wound (it works prizewinning to rightful cut lasting rows). Sprinkling many sprinkles over the top if desirable and gently count into dough. 
5. Acquisition most 1/3 of the cookies to an unbuttered hot tack (also do not line pan with parchment or siloxane liners) and dust cookies out arrangement cookies 1/2-inch separated. 
6. Heat in preheated oven 8 - 12 minutes (stronghold remaining that aren't currently baking refrigerated). Pass operation with remaining bites, adding them to a coolheaded baking wrap. Caller completely then somebody to an airtight container and outlet at live temperature.
7. Unsalted butter will make great too. Only scramble in 1/2 tsp taste with the flour before adding if using unsalted butter.
8. Instruction author: inspired by Elevation O Lakes