Name: Brown Sugar Shortbread
Yield: Makes 10 large cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar or muscovado sugar; 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup cornstarch; Pinch of salt

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Brown Sugar ShortbreadBen Fink

Shortbread—full of buttery flavor and a crumbly melt-in-your-mouth texture that few other cookies can deliver—is another item that must be included in most teatime menus. Brown sugar gives these a hint of molasses. For truly extraordinary results, instead of standard brown sugar, use muscovado sugar, which is made by a centuries-old process and has a deeper flavor.

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