Scottish Whipped Shortbread
Bake: 20 min Serves: Lots!
Gord here from the Erin + Mike Morning Show. I love this time of year for shortbread cookies. My mom makes the kind that melt in your mouth. I know it's full of butter and sugar but it's awesome!
1lbs.buttter
1 cup icing sugar
½ cup cornstarch
3 cups flour
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper if possible
3. Cream butter (which means soften and mix well with spoon)
4. Sift together icing sugar, cornstarch, and flour
5. Put butter, dry ingredients and vanilla in electric mixer and beat until consistency of whipped cream
6. Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheet
7. Can decorate with sprinkles, green or red cherries (canned) or marked with floured fork
8. Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes
9. Can be stored in covered tin
10. Eat until guilty feeling sets in
