Martinelli’s© Apple Glazed Shortbread Cookies

Serves 18

Ingredients:

Cookies

• 2 Tbs Martinelli’s Apple Juice, Cider or Sparkling Cider
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter (softened)
• A pinch of salt
• 2 1/2 cups flour

Glaze

• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 2 Tbs Martinelli’s Apple Juice or Cider or Sparkling Cider

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a mixer, combine your butter and powdered sugar and Martinelli’s Cider.
3. Add in the salt and mix again.
4. Then sift in the flour, and mix for a couple minutes. It will look like sand. Keep mixing and it will start to be more cohesive.
5. Using your hands, kind of squash it together to form a ball.
6. Roll it out on a smooth surface using a rolling pin until it is about 3/4 centimeters thickness.
7. Use a round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter to form cookies.
8. Transfer to a lined baking sheet. I used a pancake turner to transfer cookies from counter to pan without them falling apart or getting messed up.
9. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 6 minutes (do not brown).
10. Let cool on pan 1 minute.
11. Move to a cooling rack.
12. Mix together glaze by whisking all ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.
13. Glaze cookies by spooning glaze over the top, then let cool until glaze firms up.
14. Sprinkle with cinnamon if desired.