Tea Time

My girls and I love to bake cookies, set a pretty table, and make a pot of tea to share together.

Today we made short bread. This is the recipe I've had in my collection the longest. A friend showed me how to make it in the fifth grade and I wrote the recipe down, then and there, in my elementary style printing. It takes only three ingredients and is the easiest thing you could ever whip up from scratch. But believe me when I tell you that it's delicious.

Try this one soon, you hear?

Short Bread

• 2 sticks butter (don't substitute!)
• 1/2 cup sugar
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place soft butter in a bowl and add the flour and sugar. Cut it together with a pastry blender, or a heavy spoon, until completely blended. Pat the mixture into an 8 inch square pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Cut into squares.