{"id":5720,"date":"2026-02-15T18:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:47:34","slug":"shortbread-wedges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/shortbread-wedges\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortbread Wedges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 C. all purpose flour<br \/>\n3-1\/2 tsp. Equal Measure, or 12 packets Equal sweetener<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. cornstarch<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp. salt<br \/>\n8 Tbsp. cold margarine, cut into pieces<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. almond extract<br \/>\n12 almonds, whole, unblanched, or 12 pecan halves, whole<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Combine flour, Equal Measure, cornstarch, and salt in medium bowl. Cut in margarine  with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle vanilla and almond  extracts over mixture and stir in. Mix with hands briefly until dough begins to hold  together. Pat dough evenly in bottom of greased 8-inch round cake pan. Lightly cut  dough into 12 wedges with sharp knife, cutting about halfway through dough. Pierce each  wedge 2 to 3 times with tines of fork; press almond into each wedge. Bake preheated at  325 degrees F. until shortbread is lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on wire rack.  Cut into wedges while warm.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.&quot; (1Corinthians 10:31)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetic<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/shortbread-wedges\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/diabetic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}