I love shortbread, I especially love Lorna Doone which is a brand of especially scrumptious shortbread but I don't really hold out hopes that mine will turn out in any way close to that buttery goodness.
So first things first, cornstarch and flour
INTO THE BOWL
Apologies for this sideways picture but you get the general idea.
Now after this was where I was supposed to cream together softened butter with granulate sugar.
My butter being cold I decided to soften it in the microwave at about 20 second intervals. Just to be safe.
Well I went 20 too many because I partially melted my butter. Yikes
Still though, I balanced it out by adding in a bit more sugar to cream it all together and get a mostly okay consistency to add to the dry mix.
I also added chocolate chips because the recipe called for that and also it seemed like a really tasty idea.
After this was all done I was instructed to divide the dough and let it chill for about 25 minutes.
You guys wanna watch a show or something? Holler if you need anything
With nothing to do until this was done I wandered away to watch Arrested Development.
And then it was time to roll it out
and cut out the rounds with a drinking glass
and throw some more chips on top for good measure
and let it allllllllllllllllllllllllllllll cook up.
It smelled awesome of course
and then they came out and well...
well
weeeeeeeeeeeellllll
The shape and consistency is a bit off as you can see. The bottoms spread out a bit and browned up a bit more due to the melted butter but they still taste mostly how they should.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm chocolate
My mom once told me that when she used to practice tarot on her friends, shortbread would always help her regain her energy. I'll have to try it. What a tasty cure for spiritual fatigue.
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