Oatmeal Shortbread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats, plus
• 2 tablespoons old fashioned oats, not quick cooking
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325. spread oats on a rimmed baking sheet. toast until fragrant and lightly browned, 4-6 minutes. let cool completely.
• 2 in food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and 1/2 cup cooled oats; process until finely ground, 1 minute. add butter. pulse until mixture is the consistency of coarse meal. transfer to an 8" square baking pan; press firmly into bottom. sprinkle remaining oats on top and press gently.
• 3 bake until firm and lightly browned, 30-35 minutes. using a paring knife, immediately score shortbread into 16 squares; then score each square diagonally into 2 trianges. on a wire rack, cool completely in pan; gently invert and break along scored lines.