Holiday Cookie Project: Marbled Shortbread Cookie

20 tablespoons (2 ½ sticks/287 grams) unsalted butter, softened

¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon (100 grams) confectioners' sugar

½ teaspoon fine sea or table salt

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon lukewarm water (may replace a portion of the water with your choice of extract, such as vanilla or almond)

2 ¾ cups (340 grams) all-purpose flour

Gel or liquid food coloring, as needed

Natural colored powders, such as turmeric, beet powder, matcha, cocoa powder or ground freeze-dried fruit, as needed

Sprinkles, turbinado sugar, sesame seeds, nonpareils or other small decorations, for rolling

Directions at washingtonpost.com

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