Tonight Ted is baking cookies! Yes it's really true. He volunteered to bring cookies for a prize for the team that donated the most to a charity at work. We don't bake cookies here at the homestead very often (in fact I can't remember if we ever have before). So we had to call my mom to get her Shortbread Cookie recipe. And since it's so yummy and a seasonal favorite I thought I'd post the recipe here for all to share... and also so I can find it next time I want it! :)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup corn starch
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup butter (Mom says margarine will work almost as well)

Steps

1. sift together corn starch, sugar, and flour
2. soften butter with a wooden spoon (Ted "softened" it in the microwave).
3. with a wooden spoon, blend the softened butter into the dry mixture until a soft smooth dough results
4. shape into small (approximately 1 inch) balls. (If you want to make shaped cookies, you could roll it out & shape it with cookie cutters now)
5. place 1.5" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet
6. flatten each ball with a lightly floured fork.
7. decorate with sprinkles or cherries
8. bake at 300 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes until the edges are lightly browned (watch closely, it's easy to burn these!).

Yield: about 24 cookies

Enjoy!!