Festive Shortbread

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

Recipe

• cream butter, gradually beat in sugar. add and beat in flour a part at a time. wrap dough in wax paper and chill.
• preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c).
• allow dough to warm slightly; knead for 1 minute. roll out dough on lightly floured board to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters. decorate as desired. bake in preheated oven 14-20 minutes.