Traditional Scottish Shortbread

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Title: TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH SHORTBREAD
Categories: Scot/irish, Cookies
Yield: 30 Pieces

4 c Flour; all-purpose
1 1/2 c Cornstarch
1 c Granulated sugar
4 Sticks butter
Extra sugar to sprinkle on
. top

Sift the flour, cornflour and sugar into a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into
the dry ingredients, then rub the butter in with your fingertips. Mix
together well. You can also do this in a food processor, or in a tabletop
food mixer.

Press the shortbread mixture into the tin. Prick the shortbread at even
intervals with a fork, and bake in a preheated low oven (150øC/300øF/gas 2)
for about 1 hour, till the shortbread is a pale golden colour.

Take the tin out of the oven and dust the shortbread liberally with sugar,
shaking it evenly over the surface. The sugar will stick to the hot
shortbread. Cut the shortbread into squares or rectangle shapes, and cool
on a wire rack. Store in an airtight tin. "Lady MacDonald's Scotland: The
Best of Scottish Food & Drink"
: by Claire MacDonald A Bullfinch Press Book by Little, Brown & Co.,
London ISBN = 0-8212-1809-3

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From: Paul Macgregor Date: 06-15-96

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