Traditional Shortbread
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We like crunchy shortbread fingers in a towering stack. This recipe also works for a pizza-sized circle cut into wedges, or for neat little cut-out cookies.
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Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients:
all purpose flour,
cornstarch,
granulated sugar,
salt,
unsalted butter,
Directions:
1. Get a clean large mixing bowl
2. Add all purpose flour
3. Add cornstarch
4. Add salt
5. Whisk briefly and set aside
6. Get a clean large mixing bowl
7. Add room temperature unsalted butter
8. Add granulated sugar
9. Cream together until pale and light
10. Transfer dry ingredients to dough
11. Knead until dough forms
12. Chill for 30 minutes
13. Pre-heat a baking pan
14. Line with parchment paper
15. Roll out until 1 cm thick
16. Slice
17. Prick lightly
18. Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown
19. Transfer to cooling rack