Robyn's Secret Butter Shortbread

Ingredients

• 5 cups self-raising flour
• 1 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter (250g)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• Accompaniment: tea!

 

 

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 190°C.
2. Beat the butter and the sugar and salt together until smooth.
   
3. Stir in the flour to get a smooth paste.
   
4. Gently roll out in a glass tray, 9x13 inches. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
   
5. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Then cover with aluminum foil protector (so they don't get too brown) and bake another 25 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool on a wire rack.
   

First time we tried this recipe was: on December 27, 2013!