Mom's Shortbread

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Ingredients

• 20 tablespoon Very fine granulated sugar
• 5 cup Flour
• 1 pound Butter

Preparation

Step 1

Sift together sugar and flour. Sift two more times.

Put one pound of firm butter into a bowl. Break into chunks with fingertips and work in the flour and sugar mixture until it resembles corn meal.

Put dough on floured board and knead, adding a little more flour until it begins to crack.

Roll out 3/8" think, cut into triangles and bake on cookie sheets at 325 degrees for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.