Monday, August 10

Mexican Shortbread Cookies

Mexican Everyday by Rick Bayless
Cookbook 33, Recipe 2 (Total 69)

Life gets busy. I baked these last Thursday and am finally posting them. They didn't make it out of the oven until late and we were out of town for the weekend - thus I'm slow at posting.

Did I like it? They are a very pleasant shortbread. After assembling the recipe I thought it was doomed - these are very dry. They cooked up perfect. If you are in the mood for a light shortbread - bake these.

Recipe: In a food processor combine 4 oz butter, 2.5 cups of flour, 1/4 cup of sugar and 1/2 tsp salt - process. Dump into a gallon size plastic bag. Flatten the mixture with your hands until it's 1/4 in thick. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Cut into cookies and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar after removing them from the oven.