Recipe - Teatime Shortbread - Bon Appetit

2 cup Flour, all purpose
1 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Butter, chilled
1 Egg
One half cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Vanilla

In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
With a pastry blender or two knives cut in butter until mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. In separate bowl, combine egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
Using fork, stir into dry ingredients to form a soft dough. Gather into
ball. Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead lightly 10 times. With
lightly floured hands, pat dough in One half in thick round. Using 2 One half in.
cookie cutter, cut dough into rounds, gathering scraps together until dough
is all used up. Place rounds on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in 425F
(220C) oven 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and risen. Let cool on
wire racks. Serve warm.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Rfm" maintech@ne.infi.net on Apr 22, 98