Becky's Food page 9b Shortbread 13:50, 21st August

Shortbread (makes 8 pieces)

Light the oven 150 deg C, 302 deg F, gas mark 2. Grease the inside of the tin (you can use butter on a piece of kitchen paper)

Put the flour into the mixing bowl.
Cut the butter into small pieces and add them to the flour.
Rub the pieces of butter between your finger tips. Lift the mixture and let it fall back into the bowl as you rub.
Carry on rubbing in the flour until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the caster sugar.
Hold the bowl with one hand and squeeze the mixture into a ball. the heat from your hand makes the mixture stick together.
Press the mixture into the tin with your fingers, then use the back of a spoon to smooth the top and make it level.
Use the prongs of a fork to press a pattern around the edge. Then cut the mixture into 8 equal pieces.
Put in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Carefully take it out of the oven. Leave to cool for 5 minutes before taking it out of the tin.

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