My very favourite is the Whipped shortbread from The Best of Bridge.
1 cup butter
1½ cups flour
½ cup icing sugar
Combine all ingredients & beat for 10 minutes. Drop from tsp onto cookie sheet. Decorate with maraschino cherry pieces. Bake at 350*F for approx. 17 min until bottoms are lightly browned. Makes approx 3 dozen small cookies.
Check after 10 minutes as edges brown quickly.
* * I set the oven at 300*F and do 8 minutes if using small tree shapes....
My Mom's recipe for Prize Shortbread
(you have to like nutmeg)
1 cup butter
½ cup icing sugar
1 egg yolk
½ tsp nutmeg
flour
Soften butter & add sugar, nutmeg, yolk and little flour. Add more flour until it starts to "crack" when kneading. Roll until ¼" thick. Cut into shapes and bake at 350*F for 20 min......mmmmmm.... so good!