Shortbread Cookies
It doesn't get any simpler than this. Four ingredients make a cookie that melts in your mouth.
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Lightly butter a 9 inch diameter springform pan.
- Whisk the flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl to blend.
- Add 1/2 cup butter and rub with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Gather dough together in both hands and form into a flat disk.
- Chill at least 1 hour.
- Flatten disk and roll to the size of the springform pan.
- Place in the pan.
- Cut in to 8ths and prick with the tines of a fork.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes or until a light golden brown.
