Irish Short Bread Dutch Oven Recipe

Irish Short Bread Dutch Oven Recipe

This recipe makes a rich, sandy, and buttery shortbread, traditionally cooked in a Dutch Oven to mimic a conventional oven’s dry heat

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1/2 cup Soft Butter
4 1/2 tbsp Sugar
1 1/4 cup Flour
3 tbsp Cornstarch

You can add raisins if you like

Cream butter and sugar together until light & fluffy. Sift flour & cornstarch together using a fork, add gradually until blended. Press mixture into lightly buttered round 8 or 9 inch cake pan. Prick the shell with a fork & press a ridge around the edge with a fork. Bake at 325 degrees for about 35 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then cut into triangles. Sprinkle with sugar.
Makes about 8 or 9 shortbread’s.

From the Log Cabin Holidays & Traditions cook book page 40.

Irish Short Bread Dutch Oven Recipe