Recipe: shortbread biscuits

Because a friend is coming round and because I wanted to christen some cookie cutters, I made some shortbread.
Shortbread isn't cheap but it is frugal when you have butter that's been in the dish for weeks (I can't have much butter at the moment), can't be frozen as a) it is quite 'old' in butter-years and b) was initially frozen anyway.  To avoid just wasting it, which would never do, I thought I'd bake with it and this is the ideal opportunity.

I used the 3,2,1 proportions - one part sugar, two parts butter, three parts plain flour.
Cream the butter and sugar, mix in the flour, bring it all together with your hands, chill, roll out and cut.  They bake at 160C for about half an hour, maybe a little less (I use parchment on a baking sheet).  Then leave to cool a bit before transferring to a cooling rack.  Sprinkle with sugar.

I made them plain but you can add flavours.  Christmas spices are lovely, or lemon/orange zest, choc chips - whatever you fancy really.

I think C will like these.

. . . and whatever she doesn't eat, she can take home for her two little lads.  Win-win!