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Shortbread

This decadent shortbread will melt in your mouth. There are two tricks to making incredibly tender shortbread: whipping the butter as thoroughly as possible and adding the flour slowly. You can use an electric mixer, which will reduce mixing time.

Servings: 4 dozen
1 pound butter
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup icing sugar
4 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla

 

Heat the oven to 350 F.

In a large bowl, cream together butter, cornstarch, icing sugar and vanilla. Mix the flour in gradually while you are beating. Use your hands to mix if the dough becomes crumbly. Roll into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the balls slightly with a fork.

Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should remain a pale color and not brown.

Shortbread is delicious topped with sprinkles, almonds, maraschino cherries—add these before baking.

Place cooled cookies into cellophane bags adorned with baking labels, and tie the bags with decorative ribbons.

Gifts from the kitchen are gifts of love, regardless of how quickly they are whipped up. And, pretty cellophane bags, seasonal gift boxes and the decorative baking labels can turn offerings from the kitchen into impressive gifts from the heart.
 

 

                                        

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