Oatmeal Shortbread

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Yield:
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Add these delicious shortbread cookies to your cookie jar.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick-cooking)

  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)

  • cup confectioners sugar

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325. Spread oats on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast until fragrant and lightly browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Let cool completely.

  2. In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, and 1/2 cup cooled oats; process until finely ground, 1 minute. Add butter. Pulse until mixture is the consistency of coarse meal. Transfer to an 8-inch square baking pan; press firmly into bottom. Sprinkle remaining oats on top, and press gently.

  3. Bake until firm and lightly browned, 30 to 35 minutes. Using a paring knife, immediately score shortbread into 16 squares; then score each square diagonally into 2 triangles. On a wire rack, cool completely in pan; gently invert, and break along scored lines.

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