Cashew Shortbread

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup finely minced cashews
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (plus extra for handling the dough)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and sugar; beat at high speed for appx 3 minutes with electric mixer.
• 3 stir in cashews.
• 4 sift flour, salt, & baking powder directly into the bowl.
• 5 use your hands to mix the dough as quickly and efficiently as possible; form into a rough ball.
• 6 lightly flour a clean, dry work surface; add dough and roll out to appx 1/4" thick.
• 7 cut into simple shapes and place them on ungreased cookie sheet. (i cut them into diamonds, similar to bakalava -- didn't want to over-work the dough by re-rolling).
• 8 bake in center of oven for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottom.
• 9 cool for at least 10 minutes before eating.