{"id":4498,"date":"2018-08-02T04:42:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T04:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/?p=4498"},"modified":"2018-08-02T04:42:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T04:42:07","slug":"how-to-make-shortbread-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/how-to-make-shortbread-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Shortbread Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Make-Shortbread-Cookies-884x1024.gif\" alt=\"Bunner's Bake Shop Cookbook\" width=\"702\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Make-Shortbread-Cookies-884x1024.gif 884w, https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Make-Shortbread-Cookies-259x300.gif 259w, https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Make-Shortbread-Cookies-768x890.gif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/>Okay, everyone, you can start rejoicing now: melt-in-your-mouth shortbreads are here again! Over the years, I\u2019ve searched fruitlessly for a shortbread that reminded me of the delicious little biscuits of my childhood. My search is over because this cookie is pure, unadulterated shortbread goodness, just like its butter and wheat-laden predecessors. You may choose to doll it up with flavoured extracts, but I love it as is, just as plain Jane as the day it was baked. If you want to dress it up for the winter holidays, carefully dip half of each cookie into melted chocolate and sprinkle with a touch of candied orange peel. Or go full-on classic and garnish with red or green maraschino cherries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, everyone, you can start rejoicing now: melt-in-your-mouth shortbreads are here again! Over the years, I\u2019ve searched fruitlessly for a shortbread that reminded me of the delicious little biscuits of my childhood. My search is over because this cookie is pure, unadulterated shortbread goodness, just like its butter and wheat-laden predecessors. You may choose to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gluten-free"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Make-Shortbread-Cookies.gif","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9MCKj-1ay","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4501,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions\/4501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/recipe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}