Easy Shortbread

 

Probably the easiest recipe ever!
It is Scottish because of the shape (in wedges) but also because the ingredients are weighed.

6 oz or 150 g (325 ml) flour
pinch of salt
4 oz or 100 g (165 ml) butter at room temperature
2 oz or 50 g (65 ml) Castor (or berry) sugar

Preheat oven to 300 F or 150 C.
Add salt to flour. Cream butter and sugar well. Gradually work in the flour into creamed mixture and knead well. Form mixture into a round oblong shape about 1 cm thick.
Place on baking sheet. Using the edge of a large metal spatula divide the dough into half and then each segment into 8 for a total of 16 pieces, do not press all the way through. Using a fork, prick the edges to form a pattern.

Bake until golden brown just on the edges only about 10 minutes.
Use a knife or metal spatula to cut each cookie and then cool on a cookie rack.