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Traditional All-Butter Shortbread

A traditional, all-butter Shortbread. Just a few ingredients and a simple method needed to make these crisp, buttery, shortbread cookies.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Servings 26 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz or 225g butter
  • 4 oz or 110g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
  • 8 oz or 225g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
  • 4 oz or 110g cornflour (corn starch)
  • pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325F/165C.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Sieve the flour, cornflour and salt and mix into the creamed butter and sugar until well incorporated.
  • Roll out and cut into rounds. I used a 58mm/2¼inch cookie cutter and got 26 cookies from the mix.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden.
  • Remove to a wire rack to cool and dust with sugar while still warm.
Keyword easy, shortbread