Great Grandmas Scottish Shortbread
Great Grandmas Scottish Shortbread is an easy, crowd-pleasing butter and cornstarch treat made from scratch that melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
- 1 pound Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Cornstarch
- 4 cup All-Purpose Flour
Instructions
- Allow butter to get to room temperature.
- Cream butter.
- Add sugar and cornstarch and mix until fully incorporated.
- Slowly add flour until the mix has formed a ball.
- Flatten dough onto a cookie tray until about 1/4 thick.
- Pierce dough with a fork.
- Add sprinkles or colored sugar or leave plain and dip in chocolate after they have cooled.
- Put in a preheated 325F oven for 10-20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Leave on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then cut in squares or rectangles with sharp knife.
- Cool on cookie rack.
- These freeze really well.
- This recipe makes way more than 36 cookies.