Shortbread and eggnog...
What a great way to get into the Christmas spirit!
This delicious recipe requires lengthly kneading.
A skill that I have yet to master - fortunately J has.
Shortbread
*recipe shared by Patrick
1 lb salted butter
1 cup sugar
41/2 cup flour
1/4 - 1/2 tsp flour
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Combine flour, salt and sugar in bowl.
- Cut butter into 1 cm cubes and add to dry ingredients.
- Mix with hands - crumbling butter with fingers.
- Once you are butter is completely mixed in divide crumbly dough in half.
- Take one half of dough and knead for 5 - 10 minutes until dough becomes silky smooth.
- Role dough out with rolling pin immediately after kneading (add flour if it sticks).
- Role dough until it's 3/4 of an inch thick and completely smooth on top.
- Cut into rectangles. Put rectangles on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- bake for 15 minutes. Do not over cook!
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