Simple Shortbread Squares

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups butter at room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon colored sugar, or to taste

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. Mix 4 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using your hands until completely mixed. Spread dough into the prepared baking pan; cover with waxed paper and press firmly into pan. Prick dough through the waxed paper using a fork; remove waxed paper.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until shortbread is lightly browned, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn off oven and remove pan. Cut shortbread into 1-inch squares. Return pan to oven until oven is completely cooled.
4. Sprinkle shortbread with colored sugar, remove squares from pan, and store in an airtight container.

allpurpose, flour, butter, white sugar, colored sugar

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/233058/simple-shortbread-squares/ (may not work)