Irish Shortbread With Currants

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup semolina
• 3/4 cup salted butter
• 1/3 cup superfine sugar
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1/4 cup dried currant

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 sift the flour and salt into a bowl and mix in semolina.
• 3 beat together the butter, sugar and lemon zest.
• 4 stir in flour mixture and currants.
• 5 work the dough with your hands til it clumps together.
• 6 mold into a flattened ball and place on nonstick baking sheet.
• 7 press the dough into 9 1/2 inch circle.
• 8 trim edges neatly and make indentations on edges with a fork and prick the surface all over top.
• 9 bake 35 minutes.
• 10 cut into 12 wedges.