I tried pricking the shortbread after I rolled the dough in the pan, but my recipe anyway was so crumbly and not moist at all that the fork actually pulled up the shortbread that I'd just pressed down! So annoying. So I baked the shortbread for 10 minutes, quickly pulled it out of the oven and pricked it then and it went so smoothly! Then I put it back in the oven, and it came out great.

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