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"Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts!"--James Beard

Eileen's Shortbread Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Flour 1 1/2 c
Cornstarch 1/2 c
Icing Sugar 3/4 c
Butter 1 c
Salt pinch
Directions:
Directions:
Mix dry ingredients. Rub in butter (must be real butter). Mix thoroughly, kneading until cracks appear at the edges of the dough. Roll into balls. Flatten slightly with tines of fork - (or a cut glass dish). Bake carefully at 350º until lightly brown.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom used to add a half of a colored cherry at Christmas time. I always use a pound of butter which doubles the recipe.

 

 

 

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