Traditional Shortbread recipe

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12/14/2011

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Simple recipe for traditional buttery shortbread. Enjoy with a cup of tea.

Ingredients

500 g salted butter
250 g (1 cup) brown sugar, it must be brown sugar
1 kg of flour

Directions

Heat the oven to 170 celsius

Cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add most of the flour, leave about a 1/4 cup aside and mix well(no need for the gym afterwards). Flour the surface with the remaining flour and knead well for about 5/6 minutes until the dough is soft. If need be add a little more flour to the surface.

Roll into about a 1 1/2cm thick slab and cut into squares or any shape you like really and place them on a non stick, ungreased baking tray.

Bake for 20 minutes and let them cool.

Comments

Makes a lot so halve the recipe if you want less.

By: www.cookbook.co.za

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