One of Mom's recipes.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 15 x 12 inch cookie sheet.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 lb. softened butter
- 3-1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup rice flour
- sugar for sprinkling
Blend 1 cup sugar till fine, 1/4 cup at a time, in a blender.
Add fine sugar gradually to 1 lb. softened butter in mixer.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, at least 4 minutes.
In a separate bowl, ombine 3-1/2 cups flour with 1 c. rice flour.
Spoon flour into butter mixture in small portions, mix.
Turn shortbread dough out onto a lightly floured board.
Knead until smooth.
Pat dough onto a 15 x 12" cookie sheet and score into slim bars (fingers) with a sharp knife.
Sprinkle with 2 tsp sugar.
Bake 10 min. at 350 degrees. Then lower oven temperature to 300 degrees.
Bake 30-40 minutes more or till golden. (Watch them at the end!)
