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From: bz2v@poe.acc.virginia.edu (Boyd Zenner)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: Simple Shortbread
Date: 30 Oct 1994 20:52:59 -0500
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Message-ID: <199410301914.OAA20368@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Simple Shortbread
1/c butter, room temperature
1/2 sifted confectioners' sugar
1 t. vanilla extract
(optional: 1/2 t. almond extract)
1 c. all-purpose flour
2 T. cornstarch
1/8 t. salt
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Cream the butter with the
sugar and flavoring(s). Sift the dry ingredients together and
beat into the butter mixture either by hand or with the paddle
attachment of a mixer. Form dough into a ball.
You can either 1) break off walnut-sized pieces of dough, roll
into balls, place on a cookie sheet, and press flat with the tines
of a fork, or 2) press the dough into a pie tin, prick well, and
score into narrow wedges with a knife (don't cut completely through).
Bake for about 1/2 hour-40 minutes, until the dough is lightly
colored and firm to the touch--_DO NOT_ let it brown, though.
Cool the shortbread on wire racks, separate wedges if necessary, and
store air-tight in tins. It improves with age (up to a point).
(adapted from Helen Witty's _Fancy Pantry_
Ginger Shortbread
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. dark brown sugar
2 T. ground ginger
1 t. baking soda
1 c. soft butter
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees; get out two 8 " round cake
pans. Stir the dry ingredients together and knead in the butter
thoroughly. Divide the dough in half and press each half into
one of the cake tins. Prick and score as in previous recipe.
Bake 40-45 minutes until lightly browned around the edges. Let
cool in the pan briefly; then remove to wire racks. Separate
the wedges and store air-tight.
(from Marion Cunningham's _Breakfast Book_)
Finely chopped candied ginger (about 1/2 c.) can be
incorporated into the dough in either of these recipes.
Boyd