Shortbread

This is from today's Weekend magazine. The number of servings is a wild guess.

• Ready In: 28 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 225  g unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Firstly, pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees C.
2. Cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, mix flour with salt.
4. Combine the flour-salt mixture with the creamed butter and sugar mixture.
5. Mix well.
6. Pat in a greased pan or roll to 1/4 inch thickness.
7. Cut into shapes.
8. Prick with a fork.
9. Bake for 8 minutes.
10. Cool.
11. Serve.
12. You could also wrap these up in a pretty paper or coloured plastic wrap decorated with ribbons and give these away as gifts to near and dear ones/family and friends.