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Simple Shortbread Squares

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165 min

Simple Shortbread Squares

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Time

165 min

Serving

120 persons

Calories

50

Rating

2.00★ (1)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
My favorite Christmas cookie! They absolutely melt in your mouth!

Ingredients

  • all-purpose flour: 4 cups
  • all-purpose flour: 2 Tbsp
  • butter at room temperature: 2 cups
  • white sugar: 1 cup
  • colored sugar: 1 Tbsp (to taste)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
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  2. Mix 4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using your hands until completely mixed. Spread dough into the prepared baking pan; cover with waxed paper and press firmly into pan. Prick dough through the waxed paper using a fork; remove waxed paper.
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  3. Bake in the preheated oven until shortbread is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn off oven and remove pan. Cut shortbread into 1-inch squares. Return pan to oven until oven is completely cooled.
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  4. Sprinkle shortbread with colored sugar, remove squares from pan, and store in an airtight container.
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