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Holiday Shortbread Recipe

At Wendy Masters' Grand Valley, Ontario home, it just wouldn't' be Christmas if she didn't make her great-grandmother's shortbread. "Everyone looks forward to it," she says. "All I do differently is sprinkle colored sugar on mine."

This recipe is:

Diabetic Friendly

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Holiday Shortbread Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 42 Servings

20 15 35

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
Colored sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour; mix until dough forms a ball.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut into 1-1/2-in. squares, diamonds and/or triangles. Place on ungreased baking sheets; sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.
Bake at 325° for 14-18 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 138 calories, 9 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 23 mg cholesterol, 62 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 fat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Holiday Shortbread in Country Woman November/December 1995, p39