Chocolate Chip Shortbread
1 c. butter
1/3 c. sugar
1-3/4 c. flour
1/4 c. cornstarch
1 c. mini chocolate chips (semi-sweet choc.)
Beat butter and sugar till creamy. Reduce speed of mixer, add flour and cornstarch. Beat until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
Press into ungreased 13x9 pan. Prick all over with fork. Bake 35-45 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. If browning too quickly, cover with foil. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Cut while still warm.
1 pound brown sugar
2/3 cup melted butter
2 3/4 cup flour
3 eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup pecans
1 pound orange candy slices
Cut orange slices into small pieces. Pour melted butter over brown sugar and beat. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Add dry ingredients a little at a time. Add vanilla, pecans and chopped orange slices. Spread in a [greased and floured] 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for about 30 to 40 minutes. Cool and cut into squares. Remove from pan.
This was one of my mother's Christmas time hits.
Thank everyone for the great thread, JL
Was this before or after he bombed their aspirin factory?