PJ, I agree, mine were not perfectly round, so if I needed perfect looking cookies, I would go for the wedges. But in order to keep my family from snarfing them down in one evening, ("yes, you can have ONE more shortbread cookie, but that's it!" - imagine how fast they would go with big wedges!), I sacrifice looks a little. One thing that helps is taking out the log when it is firmer but not yet hard and rolling it a little more to even it out, then back in the fridge. As for slicing, I have a bench scraper with a ruler on it, I score the log first then cut, and they are pretty uniform. Still not perfect, but close enough. Besides, they look homemade, and they disappear so fast, nobody cares if they look perfect. I gave out tons of treat bags at work this year (rosemary shortbread, choc.chip cookies, PB cookies, oatmeal cc cookies, homemade marshmallows, caramel corn, and English toffee), and just about everyone asked for the shortbread and toffee recipes. The two simplest recipes in the bunch, by the way. Let me if you like the rosemary and salt! Jess

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