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Simple Shortbread

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"Good recipe and very simple to make. Only problem was shortbread ended up a little too sweet so maybe use a little less sugar than suggested." - rings001

Yield: 1 Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Cookies

(3.5, 2) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Batch          
Original recipe makes 1
8 ozButter
** British Measurements **
12 ozPlain flour
4 ozCornflower
4 ozCaster sugar

Simple Shortbread Preparation

Sift the flours together. Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly and then work in the flours. Knead until smooth and without cracks and shape into a round onto a baking sheet. Pinch the edges and prick with a fork. Alternatively, press the mixture into a flat tin, or mould, and prick with a fork. Bake in a slow oven, 325oF / 160oC / gas mark 3 for about 45 minutes. Cut into wedges or fingers, and sprinkle with caster sugar. ** Scottish Home Baking ** : by Judy Paterson Lindsay Publications, Glasgow 1993 ISBN 1-898169-00-4 Scanned and formatted for your use by The WEE Scot -- pol mac Griogair From: Fred Ball Date: 30 Nov 96 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #344 From: BobbieB1@aol.com Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 10:52:45 -0500

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Calories Per Serving: 5356
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Simple Shortbread Reviews

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Easy enough to make.
2 years, 11 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 11 minutes ago
Good recipe and very simple to make. Only problem was shortbread ended up a little too sweet so maybe use a little less sugar than suggested.
3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 17 hours, 46 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Scot/irish
  2. Cookies
  3. Corn
  4. Butter
  5. Quick

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