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Simple shortbread

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Ingredients:
** British Measurements **
12 ozPlain flour
4 ozCornflower
4 ozCaster sugar
8 ozButter
Procedures:
1Sift the flours together.
2Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly and then work in the flours.
3Knead until smooth and without cracks and shape into a round onto a baking sheet.
4Pinch the edges and prick with a fork.
5Alternatively, press the mixture into a flat tin, or mould, and prick with a fork.
6Bake in a slow oven, 325°F / 160oc / gas mark 3 for about 45 minutes.
7Cut into wedges or fingers, and sprinkle with caster sugar.
8** scottish home baking ** : by judy paterson lindsay publications, glasgow 1993 isbn = 1-898169-00-4 scanned and formatted for your use by the wee scot -- pol mac griogair