Grandma Little's 50 Year Old Shortbread Recipe

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 260 g softened butter
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup cornflour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup icing sugar, extra

Recipe

• 1 in a larbe bowl, beat the butter until light, thick and airy.
• 2 add the sugar, vanilla and corn flour, beat again - at a low speed, it will go every where otherwise.
• 3 sift in the plain flour and stir to incorporate.
• 4 seperate into two equal parts.
• 5 roll into logs using foil to cover.
• 6 refridgerate for 30 minutes (or until firm, freezer would do this faster i guess).
• 7 remove from fridge and foil, cut each log into 15 slices.
• 8 bake on lined trays.
• 9 bake at 150oc for 20-30 minutes until golden.
• 10 once out of the oven, cool for 5 minutes on the tray.
• 11 remove to airer and sift extra icing sugar over the top and let cool completely.
• 12 note - these logs can be frozen (upto a month) or refridgerated (for upto a week) ready for use. if frozen, bring be sure that they are thawed prior to baking.