Elfin Shortbread Bites

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons colored sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 in a medium mixing bowl stir together flour and sugar.
• 2 using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling.
• 3 stir in sprinkles.
• 4 for christmas you might want to use 1 t green sprinkles and 1 t red sprinkles.
• 5 form mixture into a ball and knead until smooth.
• 6 roll or pat dough on an ungreased cookie sheet into an 8x5 inch rectangle.
• 7 cut into 1/2 inch squares.
• 8 separate the squares on the cookie sheet.
• 9 bake in a 325f oven for 12 minutes or until the bottoms just start to brown.
• 10 transfer to a wire racks covered with wax paper to cool.
• 11 store in a tightly covered container at room temperature for up to three days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.