Laura Shirk’s Shortbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Cream butter and sugar together. Add flour and salt, stir until blended. Roll out 1/2 inch thick on floured board and cut into shapes with small (2 inch) cutters.

Bake for 50 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar.