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Holiday Shortbread Cookies

Name: Holiday Shortbread Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5 dozen.
Cuisine: Europe, Scottish
Ingredients: 5 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 cups cold butter, cubed

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Total Time

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Makes

5 dozen

This special Christmas treat came to me from Scotland through a relative. I compared this recipe with one a friend makes, since her husband is of Scottish descent, and found this shortbread to be quite authentic. —Erma Hiltpold, Kerrville, Texas

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Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups cold butter, cubed

Directions

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Pat into an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Prick all over with a fork.
Bake at 325° for 35 minutes or until center is set. Cool for 10-15 minutes. Cut into small squares. Continue to cool to room temperature.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 105 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 69mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Holiday Shortbread Cookies

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