Shortbread

Ingredients

All purpose Flour/Maida - 11/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 1 stick
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Egg - 1/2 beaten egg
Lemon Juice - 5 drops

Method

Keep the unsalted butter to the room temperature before add
beaten 1 egg and keep it aside

Take a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and butter mix with finger. Now add the beaten egg(half portion) and drops of lemon again mix with the finger until it clumps, it may seem very dry. Make it into ball and flatten it, wrap it in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350°F.

After 1 hour take the dough from refrigerator and keep at room temperature for at least 10 - 15 minutes Looks like very hard but its ok, make it like ball and roll it for how thickness you want and now cut out the cookie shape with the cookie cutter. Place the cookie on the cookie sheet with at least 1/2 inch distance between the cookie shape.

Bake at 350°F for 8-12 minutes depending on the thickness of the cookie, if cookie is very thin then 6 minutes is enough, until the edges are slightly golden brown in color. Remove from oven, let it cool on a cool rack for 10 minutes.

Shortbread cookies are ready to eat.