| TRADITIONAL
ENGLISH RECIPES SHORTBREAD Possibly
more famous in Scotland than in England, but none the less here is a
recipe for English Shortbread. Delicious with afternoon coffee or tea.
Ingredients:
1 cup of Butter
3 cups plain Flour
1 Egg
½
cup Sugar
1 tsp
Baking powder
Makes about 45 to 50 shortbread squares - store any
excess in an old biscuit tin. Method :
1. Cream
together the butter and sugar, with a wooden spoon, until the mixture
is light and fluffy.
2. Beat in the egg.
3. Sift
together the flour and baking powder and add to the creamed butter
along with the remaining ingredients. Still well with your wooden spoon
until all are blended together. Again you should end up with a doughy
mixture.
4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until it
makes a square about 14" on each side. Cut this into lots of 2" squares.
5. Put the little squares about 2" apart on to a baking sheet and prick
each square a number of times with a fork. (The lines of 'fork holes'
on top of the completed biscuit is a 'trademark' of real gingerbread).
Bake in a preheated oven 325°F (gas mark 3) (160°C) for
about 10 - 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
6. Place
onto a rack to cool. | 
