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     Title: SCOTS SHORTBREAD
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 Pan

 1 1/2 c  Flour
 1 1/2 c  Confectioner's Sugar
     1 c  Butter

 Sift flour and confectioner's sugar, then cut in butter until the mixture
 is crumbly.  Knead for 10 minutes.

 Pat dough into a 1/4-inch-thick rectangle (14 by 12 inches) on an ungreased
 cookie sheet.  Cut into 2-inch diamonds or squares.

 Bake at 300 F, 45 minutes or until golden.

 Recut the cookies at the marks and separate carefully while still warm.

  Lynn Sacerdote

  MM by Dave Sacerdote

 Dave's notes:  This was a great favorite of my grandfather, Albert Stewart.
 Rather than greasing a cookie sheet, though, I prefer to make these on a
 cookie sheet lined with parchment. From: Dave Sacerdote Date: 12 Feb 97

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