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     Title: Fun Teatime Shortbread
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 servings

   3/4 c  Unsalted butter; room temp
   1/2 c  Sugar
 1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
          A pinch of salt

      Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat butter and sugar in bowl until well
 combined. Sift flour and salt into butter mixture. Using fingers, rub
 mixture until moist clumps form. Gently knead until soft dough forms.
 Divide dough in half. Press each dough piece to 9 1/2 inch round about 1/4
 inch thick. Roll lightly with rolling pin to smooth top.
      Cut out about 8 cookies using 3 inch cookie cutter. (Gather scraps,
 pat out and cut those too.) Repeat with second half of dough. Place cookies
 on 2 baking sheets. Pierce each cookie several times with a fork. Bake
 until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool slightly. Transfer to racks to
 cool completely.
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