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Shortbread Cookies At Their Best!

Serves 20 $0.35 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$7.02For the whole recipe · ingredients used
Shortbread Cookies At Their Best!
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YOUR TIME IN THE KITCHEN

Make something good.

  1. 01

    In a separate bowl sift the flour with salt. Set aside.

  2. 02

    Cream butter,add sugar and beat until its smooth - it takes about 5mins. Add vanilla essence and mix well.

  3. 03

    Now add flour to the butter sugar mixture and bring it to a dough. Flatten the dough into disk shape, wrap in a plastic cover and refrigerate for an hour.

  4. 04

    On a flat surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into your desired shapes and place these cookies on the prepared baking sheet and again refrigerate it for 10-15 minutes.This will firm up the dough for the cookies to maintain their shape.

  5. 05

    Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 175deg C for 10mins. Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes.

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Recipe source

Foodista / Common Pile

Original recipe · CC BY 3.0

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Photograph

File:Shortbread3.jpg — Hortensja Bukietowa. Own work

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Ingredient photographs (4)
  • All-purpose flour

    File:All-Purpose Flour (4107895947).jpg — Veganbaking.net from USA. All-Purpose Flour

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  • Salt

    File:Table salt (53686886134).jpg — Conall from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. table salt. Original embedded copyright notice: CONALLMCCAUGHEY

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  • Butter, unsalted

    File:Butter curls.jpg — David Masters. Flickr : Curled Butter

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  • Powdered sugar

    File:PowderedSugar.png — Ɱ. Own work

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