Simple Shortbread Squares

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 tablespoon colored sugar to taste
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. Mix 4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using your hands until completely mixed.
3. Spread dough into the prepared baking pan; cover with waxed paper and press firmly into pan. Prick dough through the waxed paper using a fork; remove waxed paper.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until shortbread is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn off oven and remove pan.
5. Cut shortbread into 1-inch squares. Return pan to oven until oven is completely cooled.
6. Sprinkle shortbread with colored sugar, remove squares from pan, and store in an airtight container.