Classic Shortbread

This was a recipe from "Learn How to Cook".  Initially I thought of this as a stand-alone and had no plans to include this on the Chowday blog, as I hadn't gotten through the book I'm currently on.

Furthermore when I first took it out it seemed really sweet.  But the trick with shortbread (apparently) is giving it a chance to really cool down and harden.  The acute sweetness lessened the longer it was kept out.  I should've taken more pictures during the preparing stages.  Will do this the next time around.