Norma's Shortbread
Ingredients
- 2 lb unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar and salt.
- Mix in flour.
- Pat onto 10x15 cookie sheet.
- Refrigerate 10 minutes.
- Prick with a fork.
- Bake at 250 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Remove and cut into squares.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake 15-25 minutes longer.
Variations
Lemon Poppy Seed
- Add Zest from 1 lemon
- Add 1/2 - 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- Add poppy seeds
Orange Cranberry
- Substitute 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- Add Zest from 2 oranges
- Add 1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
- Top with a dried cranberry
Almond
- Add 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- Add 1/2 cup ground almonds
- Top with a sliced almond
Cinnamon Pecan
- Substitute light brown sugar
- Add 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Add 1/2 cup ground pecans
- Add LOTS of cinnamon
- Top with ground pecans, cinnamon and sugar
Peanut Butter
- 3 sticks butter (instead of 4)
- Add 1 cup peanut butter
- Substitute light brown sugar
- Add 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Add 1 egg white
- Top with a peanut butter chip
Dark Chocolate Peppermint
- Add 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (no more!)
- Top with dark chocolate chips
- Top with crushed candy canes