Simple Shortbread Squares

Ingredients

• Servings: 120
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups butter at room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon colored sugar, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 45 mins


• preheat oven to 275 degrees f (135 degrees c). butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• mix 4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using your hands until completely mixed. spread dough into the prepared baking pan; cover with waxed paper and press firmly into pan. prick dough through the waxed paper using a fork; remove waxed paper.
• bake in the preheated oven until shortbread is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 hours. turn off oven and remove pan. cut shortbread into 1-inch squares. return pan to oven until oven is completely cooled.
• sprinkle shortbread with colored sugar, remove squares from pan, and store in an airtight container.