Shortbread Squares by Julia McCutchen
These shortbread squares are a special homemade treat! I recommend making 3x this recipe for a good quantity. The shortbread is, of course, delicious to eat, but also fun shopping for ingredients (how often do you buy that much butter?!)
Ingredients:
4 sticks regular salted butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups flour
Optional ingredients:
Chopped ginger, currents, pecans, etc.
Directions:
Set out butter to reach room Temp (I leave it out overnight)
Preheat Oven to 325 degrees
Grease two 8x9 baking pans
Beat .... 4 sticks of regular salted butter until fluffy
Add....1 cup sugar. Beat until fluffy
scant 1/4 t of salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Keep scraping batter from sides of the bowl.
Add....4 cups of flour...all at once
Use mixer to reach all of the flour ....especially the flour on the bottom of the bowl. Beat just until large crumbs appear. If beaten too long the batter turns into a big rubber ball.
You can add chopped ginger...currents...pecans...etc.
Dump into two 8x9 greased pans (or large rimmed cookie sheets for bigger batch of dough).
Dry hands
Place a dry paper towel on top and pat crumbs down until firm.
Bake at 325 25-35 minutes until very light brown.
WHILE STILL HOT....cut into squares and prick each square two times ::
Cool in pan...store in a tin or wrap well and freeze.
Enjoy and make enough to share!
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