Shortbread

• Vegetarian

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp Salt

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted

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Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups of flour
• 1¼ teaspoons salt
• 1 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature
• ¾ cup confectioners sugar. (some recipes call for granulated sugar..some call for cornstarch. Confectioners sugar is both mixed together)

Directions

• Cream butter until light and fluffy.
• Slowly add sugar, scraping down sides.
• Mix flour and salt together. Add flour all at once, mix just until incorporated. Do not over-mix!
• Using your hands, pat into a cookie sheet, about ¼ to ½ thick.
• Trim edges to make neat sides. Using a knife slice into rectangles about 2x1½. Prick with a fork three times on each rectangle. Put rectangles on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes at 300* F. The shortbread should be pale and light golden.
• Makes about 3 dozen.