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Traditional Shortbread
 
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 55 Minutes
Ready In: 60 Minutes
Servings: 36
These are melt in your mouth delicious! Mostly I just dust the batches I make with sugar but for special occasions I drizzle over thin lines of chocolate.
Ingredients:
375 g cake flour
250 g butter
125 g caster sugar
1 pinch salt
Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Sift dry ingredients and work into mixture til smooth but not greasy.
3. Press into ungreased pan.
4. Dough must be about 1 cm in thickness.
5. Cut into fingers and bake at 140C for 1 hour.
6. Watch from 45 minutes that the shortbread does not become too browned.
By RecipeOfHealth.com