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Don't Touch!

The beginning of my Christmas baking:

First batch about to go into the oven.

I can't believe this is all that bowl of dough made and we can't even taste them for a week. Like fruit cake, shortbread needs to be aged.

I know I've posted the recipe before but who wants to spend the day searching for it.

Melting Shortbread

3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup icing sugar
1 pound (2 cups) butter
Candied cherries (optional)

Cream butter and add sugar and work together thoroughly until creamy. Sift the flour and cornstarch and add. Whip together until fluffy, and until mixture breaks. Add a little more flour and roll into cookie sized balls, with hands. Place balls on cookie sheet and flatten. Decorate with halved candied cherries. Bake in 325 F degree oven until light brown (approximately 20-30 minutes depending on size of cookies). Allow cookies to age for 1 week before eating.

posted on Dec 17, 2010 12:12 PM ()

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Your recipe is almost exactly the same as mine. I cut mine out of the Vancouver Sun a few years ago. I'll bring a few with me and we can have a taste test.

comment by islander on Dec 23, 2010 7:23 AM ()

The red dots are the cherries. What are the green dots? I will save recipe for an ambitious day -- we all know my eyes glaze over when I look at a recipe.

Enjoy your cookies.

comment by tealstar on Dec 22, 2010 6:40 AM ()

The green dots are green candied cherries. They taste the same as red candied cherries but people grab for the red ones first.

reply by nittineedles on Dec 22, 2010 9:02 AM ()

Every time you post these goodie blogs, I run out and buy you more presents!

comment by nursekim on Dec 20, 2010 3:44 PM ()

Rats! I should have put the last three in separate posts.

reply by nittineedles on Dec 20, 2010 7:42 PM ()

I'm HUNGRY now, thanks!

comment by crazylife on Dec 19, 2010 8:21 PM ()

You're welcome.

reply by nittineedles on Dec 20, 2010 7:43 PM ()

Ahhh, come on Marg they look too good to keep to yourself.

comment by elderjane on Dec 19, 2010 5:46 PM ()

They're not all for me. I have to share with our Christmas guests.

reply by nittineedles on Dec 20, 2010 7:44 PM ()

These look scrumptious

there is no way, I have the patience to wait until the appropriate day to eat yummies like these - I usually make 'reasons' to myself, just 'why' it would be a 'reasononable' excuse, to try them . . .

comment by augusta on Dec 18, 2010 8:03 AM ()

It's hard but I just think of how much better they taste when I wait.

reply by nittineedles on Dec 18, 2010 1:49 PM ()

Oh! Oh! Oh! Thanks so much for the recipe. I was trying to decide what cookies would round out my selection, and this is it! And that yellow bowl. My mother always made potato salad in hers like that. I don't have it any more, but I have the green one of the set, my go-to favorite.

comment by troutbend on Dec 17, 2010 1:37 PM ()

DD#1 broke the biggest of the set. I really should replace it as the yellow one (2nd biggest) just isn't big enough sometimes.
These cookies are delish.

reply by nittineedles on Dec 17, 2010 1:42 PM ()

I will take a dozen there Marge.Do you need my address.

Looks good there.

comment by fredo on Dec 17, 2010 12:15 PM ()

They're MINE! All mine!

reply by nittineedles on Dec 17, 2010 1:39 PM ()

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