Scotch Shortbread
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus 1 t. for sprinkling
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Recipe
- 1 preheat the oven to 300 degrees; have ready an ungreased 9-inch square baking pan.
- 2 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, cream the butter until fluffy and pale yellow.
- 3 add the powdered sugar and ¼ cup granulated sugar and continue beating until the mixture is no longer gritty when rubbed between your finger and thumb.
- 4 beat in the vanilla.
- 5 sift the flour and salt together onto a sheet of waxed paper.
- 6 gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low speed or stir with a wooden spoon just until blended.
- 7 using floured fingertips, press the dough evenly into the pan.
- 8 sprinkle evenly with 1 tablespoon sugar.
- 9 bake the shortbread until the edges are golden, about 1 hour.
- 10 remove the pan from the oven and immediately use a thin sharp knife to cut the shortbread into strips 3 inches by 1 inch.
- 11 use a toothpick or the tines of a fork to decorate the shortbread with a pattern of dots.
- 12 let the strips cool in the pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes before transferring them to the rack to cool completely.
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