Browned Butter Shortbread

We are grand-dog sitting this precocious pup for the next couple of weeks.🐶  

It's been so much fun to have a giant teddybear in our house again.🐻  He really is great company.  I immediately launched back into my old habit of narrating my day to this attentive but non-responsive pooch.  I can't be the only person who feels compelled to inform their pet where they're going every time they walk out of a room.😆🙃  

Having a dog in the house again just feels right.  Yes, there's dog we have muddy paw prints all over our floors and smudges on all our windows but I also have the most excited walking partner ever.  There's no way I can bail on a walk with those big brown eyes staring at me.  

Somehow I feel like the canine influence in the house this week effected my baking though.  I accidentally made cookies that very closely resembled dog treats - only in appearance.😬😅  Maybe it's just because I've been doling out dog treats by the fistfuls this week but I couldn't help but see the connection between my shortbread and the Milk bones.😂🦴

These Browned Butter Shortbread Cookies are really delicious.  They're crunchy, crispy, sweet and the perfect little treat to enjoy with a cup of afternoon tea.🫖  Please don't be discouraged by my most unflattering description and make a batch for yourself.😅  

Browned Butter Shortbread
20 Tablespoons butter
2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup dry milk powder
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons water

Brown butter in skillet.  Remove from heat and transfer to bowl of stand mixer.  Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Beat cooled butter, sugar and milk powder for 3 minutes.  

Add vanilla, water and dry ingredients.  

Divide dough in half.  

Press each half into a 4" square on parchment paper.

Top with another sheet of parchment and roll into a 10" square. (1/4" thick)

Trim edges.  Cut into 3 lengthwise strips.  Cut 9 strips crosswise.  

Slide parchment onto baking sheet.

Bake 16-18 minutes at 325. 

Cool 10 minutes.  Cut at scored marks.  Serve.  

Ciao!

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