Quick And Easy Shortbread
12 oz Plain flour
8 oz Butter or margarine
4 oz Caster sugar
Mix together all the ingredients in a machine using a pastry blade. Roll out to about 1/4-inch thick and cut large round biscuits with pastry cutters.
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes at 325 degrees F
Quick And Easy Tarragon Chicken
2 tb Butter or margarine
1 tb Vegetable oil
4 Chicken breasts halves skinned and boned
3/4 c Dry white wine or vermouth
2 ts
Dijon
mustard
1 tb Chopped fresh tarragon or 1 tsp dried
1/2 ts Salt
Freshly ground pepper
3/4 c Heavy cream
In a large frying pan, melt butter in oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken breasts and cook, turning once, until lightly browned, about 4 minutes a side. Remove and set aside.
Add wine to the pan. Bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon. Stir in mustard, tarragon, salt and pepper to taste. whisk in cream and boil until mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes.
Return chicken to pan; turn in sauces to coat and simmer 7-1/2 minutes until chicken is tender. remove chicken to a serving platter, spoon sauce over it.
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