These tiny shortbread cookies come together very quickly for festive little munchies everybody will love! A fun alternative to cut-out Halloween sugar cookies, these BOO! Bites sprinkle cookies are a perfect Halloween gift.
½cupunsalted butter, at room temperature (plus more to butter the pan)
¼cupgranulated sugar
¼teaspoonalmond or vanilla extract
1 ¼cupsall-purpose flour
¼teaspoonsalt
4teaspoonshalloween colored nonpareils
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan, then line with parchment paper, pressing the sides and corners to stick.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar and extract at medium speed until creamy, about 1-2 minutes. Add the flour and salt. Mix on low speed until a dough forms. It will be crumbly at first, but keep beating. Stir in the nonpareils until evenly distributed.
Transfer the dough to the lined pan and press evenly into the bottom. Use the parchment paper to lift the dough from the pan and transfer to a cutting board. Cut the dough into ½-inch square pieces (a pizza cutter works well). Place the squares ½-inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet; discard parchment paper. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until bottoms just begin to brown.
Notes
Tips for making tiny shortbread cookies:
Mix the dough until it JUST holds together. If it doesn't hold together within a few minutes, add a little more liquid -- milk or water, 1 teaspoon at a time.
Do not over mix -- more than 5 minutes might be too much.
These are teeny tiny bites, only ½-inch squares. You can make them bigger without much of a difference in baking time. Just watch it until they start to turn golden, then they're done.