Greek Shortbread

Step 1: Preheat oven to 190C (375F).

Step 2: Cream butter & sifted powdered sugar until very light & fluffy. Add egg yolk & Brandy & beat well.

Step 3: Add sifted flour & baking powder & mix until combined.

Step 4: Turn mixture out onto a lightly-floured surface & knead lightly.

Step 5: Take a tablespoonful of dough & roll into a 4-in long roll, making sure that the roll is thinner at each end. Form into a horseshoe shape & repeat w/the remaining mixture.

Step 6: Place on greased oven trays & bake 20 min.

Step 7: NOTE FROM ME: This is where the recipe & I had a difference of opinion. As a general rule & to allow for DH's preferences, I usually split a cookie recipe's yield & leave half of the cookies plain. Then I would lightly dust the rest for myself or any guests. However, this recipe said to "Sift the extra powdered sugar onto a tray. Place hot cooked biscuits in it & turn them to make sure they are well-coated w/the sugar." IMO, that would be like applying a frosting, which I rarely do for cookies.