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Mom's Traditional Shortbread Recipe: cherished by family and friends. Cut into perfect crisp butter perfection: mixing sugar with flour first is her secret.
Mom's Canadian Traditional Shortbread Recipe 2016
Mom's Traditional Shortbread Recipe: cherished by family and friends. Cut into perfect crisp butter perfection: mixing sugar with flour first is her secret.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of flour (remove 2 tablespoons to be replaced with the cornstarch)
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- 1 cup of unsalted butter
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt
- ½ cup of Berry sugar
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325ºF
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Combine sugar and flour mixture; mix well
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Work in butter; knead
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Divide into two equal portions; wrap in plastic and refrigerate
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Roll cool dough to ⅛ inch on pastry cloth using a rolling pin cloth cover
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Cut out shapes; transfer to tray and dock decoratively
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Bake 8-9 minutes, until lighty golden on bottom and white on top
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Cool on rack
Recipe Notes
Decorating the Shortbread:
Step by step instructions with images are provided in the above post