Scottish Shortbread

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Scottish Shortbread

Recipe By : Cooking Live Show #CL8898
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cooking Live Import

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 pound best unsalted butter
1/2 cup superfine sugar
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place butter in mixer and beat with paddle unt
il soft and light. Beat in sugar in a stream and continue beating 5 to 10 minut
es until the mixture is very light and whitened. Stir in the flour by hand unti
l it absorbed, no
more or the dough will toughen.

Scrape the dough onto a floured surface and flour the dough with pinches of flo
ur. Press the dough out with your hands, then roll over once or twice very gent
ly with a rolling pin until the dough is about 1/2-inch thick. Cut the dough wi
th floured cutter
s and transfer the cut pieces to a paper lined pan.

Bake the shortbread for about 15 minutes until it is very lightly colored. Cool
the shortbread on a rack.

To use a shortbread mold to shape, press the mold into the floured dough and cu
t around it. Transfer the cut and molded dough to a paper lined pan and chill a
bout 1 hour until firm. Bake as above.




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