Scotch Shortbread

By Nemo

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp water
• 1 lb butter, softened
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt

Preparation

Step 1

Measure sugar into a bowl and sprinkle with water. Cream the butter into sugar with a wooden spoon. Add flour and salt and knead the dough with your hands until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl as well as it does your hands.

Press dough into an ungreased (pyrex) cookie sheet. Spread it flat right into the corners. Prick with a fork at about 1 inch intervals. Sprinkle the dough with 1/4 cup white sugar.

Bake at 275 degrees F for one hour or until it turns a pale golden color. Cut while hot into diamonds or rectangle shapes. A pizza cutter works best. Let cool.