Aunt Mary's Shortbread

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup berry sugar
• 1 lb salted butter (at room temperature)

Directions

1. 1

   Beat the sugar and butter with a spoon until creamy. In three batches, sift and mix the flour into the sugar-butter mixture. Mix well, until fluffy. (my Aunt Mary uses a wooden spoon for mixing, but you can use electric beaters).

2. 2

   Pat the dough flat onto a greased cookie sheet, covering about 3/4 of the pan (I pat the dough into neatly formed rectangular shape). Puncture the dough at regular intervals with a fork. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

3. 3

   Cut into 15 pieces per pan (1 inch wide). Bake 1/2 hour at 300-325°F Let cool.