Melt In Your Mouth Shortbread Cookies
photo by Baker Gal
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- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
100 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sifted flour
directions
- Beat butter until creamy (not oily).
- Sift cornstarch, icing sugar, salt, and flour.
- Add to butter.
- Work in with a spoon.
- Turn mixture out onto a floured board.
- Knead until it cracks slightly.
- Pat to 1/3" thickness and cut with cookie cutters.
- Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
- Yield 100 small cookies.
- Note: Grandma says the secret to getting the best texture is to sift the dry ingredients 4 times before adding them to the butter.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Baker Gal
Canada
An active, outdoorsy, vegetarian urbanite with sweet tooth.