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Shortbread

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Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 25 minutes
 
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Shortbread

Ingredients

  • 1-1/4  cups all-purpose flour
  • 3  tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1/2  cup butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F. In a medium bowl stir together flour and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling. Using your hands, shape the mixture into a ball and knead until smooth.

2. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough until 1/2 inch thick. Using a 1-1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut dough into circles, rerolling scraps as necessary. Place circles 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until bottoms just start to brown. Transfer to write rack and let cool. Makes 16 cookies.

3. *To make shortbread strips, on a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 6x4-inch rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Using a utility knife, cut rectangle in half lengthwise, then crosswise into 16 pieces. Bake as directed.

4. Spiced Shortbread: Prepare as above, except substitute brown sugar for the granulated sugar and stir 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves into the flour mixture.

5. Cherry-Orange Shortbread: Prepare as above, except add 2 teaspoons finely shredded orange peel with the butter and stir in 1/3 cup snipped dried cherries after cutting in the butter.

6. Butter-Pecan Shortbread: Prepare as above, except substitute brown sugar for the granulated sugar. After cutting in butter, stir in 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans. Sprinkle mixture with 1/2 teaspoon vanilla before kneading.

7. Lemon-Poppy Seed Shortbread: Prepare as above, except stir 1 tablespoon poppy seeds into flour mixture and add 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel with the butter.

8. Cranberry Shortbread: Prepare as above, except after cutting in butter, stir in 1/3 cup snipped dried cranberries.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 98,
  • Total Fat (g) 6,
  • Saturated Fat (g) 4,
  • Monounsaturated Fat (g) 2,
  • Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0,
  • Cholesterol (mg) 16,
  • Sodium (mg) 62,
  • Carbohydrate (g) 10,
  • Total Sugar (g) 2,
  • Fiber (g) 0,
  • Protein (g) 1,
  • Vitamin A (DV%) 0,
  • Vitamin C (DV%) 0,
  • Calcium (DV%) 0,
  • Iron (DV%) 3,
  • Starch (d.e.) .5,
  • Fat (d.e.) 1,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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