British Shortbread

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 60
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 50.5
  • Total Fat: 3.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 8.1 mg
  • Sodium: 22.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 5.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.1 g
  • Protein: 0.4 g

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Introduction

My Gramma's famous shortbread recipe... never shared with outsider before... :)
Silky smooth and melts in your mouth.
Only 50 calories per cookie.... such a treat!!
My Gramma's famous shortbread recipe... never shared with outsider before... :)
Silky smooth and melts in your mouth.
Only 50 calories per cookie.... such a treat!!

Number of Servings: 60

Ingredients

    1 cup butter
    3/4 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)
    3/4 cup cornstarch, sifted
    1 1/2 cup flour

Directions

Cream butter & sugar
Mix in cornstarch, then flour
Roll out with rolling pin on to floured surface and cut with cookie cutter or form by hand. *Be sure to flour everything as this dough tends to be a tad sticky.
Bake in 325-350 degree oven for 8-12 minutes or until bottom edges are starting to turn golden brown.
Makes approximately 5 dozen 2"x1" cookies.

Number of Servings: 60

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WDW_NUT.

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    These are wonderful! I made them as gifts and dipped them in mint chocolate. They were a big hit!! - 1/9/11