Description
A rich, short pastry, delicious plain or baked in a decorative mold!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 cups flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- Pinch of salt (this would be my addition because I think even sweet favors are brightened by a hint of salt)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 (may heat mold during preheat)
- Melt butter
- Add sugar to the butter
- Add flour and cornstarch, one cup at a time
- The mixture will be very crumbly
- Pat into two 8-inch molds (for a thick shortbread) or into one sheet pan (will be thinner)
- Bake for 40 minutes
- Reduce heat to 300 and bake 20 minutes longer
Notes
Freezes well!