Shortbread

Ingredients

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup of unsalted butter room temperature
• 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar. some recipes call for granulated sugar..some call for cornstarch. Confectioner's sugar is both mixed together
• 2 Tablespoons sanding sugar optional, for dusting on cooked shortbread

Instructions

• Cream butter till lightweight and downy.

• Slowly add sugar, scraping down sides.

• combine flour and salt along. Add flour all promptly, combine simply till incorporated. don't over-mix!

• victimization your hands, pat into a cookware, concerning 1/3" to 1/2" thick.

• Trim edges to create neat sides. employing a knife locomote rectangles concerning 2"x1 1/2". Prick with a fork thrice on every parallelogram. place rectangles on a cookware.

• Bake for 20-25 minutes at 325* F. The shortbread cookie ought to be pale and light-weight golden. mud with sanding sugar if desired.

• Makes concerning three dozen.