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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
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