Granny Hampton's English Shortbread
"4th generation old recipe from England"
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
3 dozen
ingredients
- 1⁄2 lb butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted twice
- 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar, sifted with flour
directions
- (Handle this dough as little as possible).
- Combine ingredients until it forms a ball.
- Roll dough out to 1/2" thick.
- Cut into shapes or into wedges and prick with a fork.
- Colored sugar may be added for a decorative touch or they can be iced once cooled.
- Bake in 300 degree oven for 8-10 minutes- you should not brown this shortbread so watch closely and remove from oven just before they edges turn brown.
- No need to grease cookie sheets.
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Reviews
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This didn't turn out for me, I will have to try it again soon. I baked for about 15 min, but the cookies were still very soft, almost not done, even when they cooled they wouldn't harden. The taste was what I hoped for, a real buttery shortbread! Made for Spring PAC 09. thank you for sharing!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Queenmegenta
Mississauga, Ontario
Hello,
I am from a suburb of Toronto, Canada. I was a gourmet waitress for 20 years when I lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gourmet service included tableside cooking of each course. For the last 10 years I have done little in cooking until I recently compiled a recipe book of top quality recipes from family and friends. It was such a wonderful trip down memory lane that it inspired me to get back in the kitchen. I have enjoyed the last 6 months of experimenting and pleasantly surprised at the level of confidence I feel in altering recipes. My family is thrilled my waistline is not! I would like to share some of the recipes that went into my book. More than anything else I like to bake. Being of English decent I have lots of sweet recipes to share.
