cranberry shortbread

the lighting on that picture is very disappointing.

martha stewart's cranberry shortbread:
2 sticks butter
3/4 c powdered sugar
2 cups flour
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
1/2 c dried cranberries

preheat oven to 325.
mix first five ingredients until combined, but not creamy. press dough into 8 or 9 inch square baking pan. bake 20 minutes, or until golden brown. let cool in pan for 15 minutes, remove (face-up) and cut into shapes.

now. i had to practically double the baking time on this, and still, it was too crumbly for cookie cutters. MARTHA!!! instead i cut into bars, which still look nice and are just as delicious.

i also made more chocolate dipped macaroons yesterday. same recipe, except that i was a little short on coconut and actually used cake flour instead of all-purpose this time. while these tasted the same as my previous batches, they looked more like flat lacy cookies than coconut mounds. pick your poison, i suppose!