Shortbread recipe
reference: https://www.theendlessmeal.com/melt-in-your-mouth-shortbread/
- whipped
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups salted butter, at room temperature – see notes
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
steps: 1. You'll start by slowly mixing the salted butter, flour, icing sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla using electric beaters at their lowest setting – this is to prevent a cloud of flour dust from flying out of the bowl. After a minute, the dough will no longer be dusty but will have larger chunks of butter coated in flour.
2. A few minutes later, when the dough starts to look like sand, turn the beaters up to medium speed. At this point, you'll likely think that it will never come together, but have patience and trust that it will.
3. Keep beating the sandy dough for 3-4 minutes and all of a sudden you will feel your beaters start to strain and the dough will come together.
4. Turn your beaters up to high and continue to beat the dough for another 1-2 minutes, or until it resembles thick whipped cream.
