Flower Shortbread Cookies
Makes 60
Ingrediants:
DRY: |
3 cups | 750 mL | white flour |
1/2 cup | 125 mL | cornstarch |
WET: |
2 cups | 500 mL | butter |
1 cup | 250 mL | icing sugar |
Instructions:
- Beat butter and sugar until smooth.
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Seperately, mix flour and cornstarch.
- If you skip this step and just add them both to the butter mixture, the result will be crumbly.
- Add "dry" mixture to "wet" mixture in thirds.
- Form the mixture into 2 "logs", each about 4 cm in diameter.
- Wrap the "logs" in wax paper and place in the fridge.
- After at least 2 hours, remove the logs and slice into 32 cookies, each about 1/2 cm thick. (i.e. slice into halves 5 times)
- Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Slice green and red candied cherries into slices and eigths (in half each way), respectively.
- Bake at 325°F (160°C) for 12 - 15 minutes. Remove the cookies when the edges turn golden brown.
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