Whipped Shortbread (Aunty Helen)

By: Helen Smith

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Butter (2 cups)

• 1/2 cup corn starch

• 1 cup icing sugar

• 3 cups white flour

• I teaspoon vanilla

• *cherries, hazel nuts, chocolate chips etc.optional to top

Instructions

Cream butter then add
1/2 cup corn starch and cream well,
Add 1 cup icing sugar and cream well,
Add 3 cups flour, one at a time and cream well,
Add teaspoon vanilla.
Spoon or use cookie press onto cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 for 8 to 12 minutes, lightly browned on bottom.
Cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes before moving to rack.
These cookies freeze well, stack carefully with wax paper.