Shortbread ... My way!
This is a really lovely shortbread recipe... it came with my stainless steel cookie cutters
which I bought a few years back from "King of Knives".
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Ingredients
You will need 200g butter (softened) and...
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| 100g icing sugar |
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| 200g plain flour |
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| 100g cornflour |
Method
Step 1: Beat the butter and icing sugar together until light in colour and well blended.
I use electric beaters. (No hand whipping this time!)
Step 2: Add the flour and cornflour and mix to form a dough. I use a s/steel tablespoon to mix for as long as I can, then I knead it in the bowl using my hands to bring it together.
(Add a little extra flour if it's too sticky)
Step 3: On a sheet of greaseproof paper, knead out the dough into a flat disc shape.
Then wrap it in cling wrap and place in fridge for 15 minutes (this rests the dough).
Step 4: Preheat oven to 160'C
Step 5: Take dough out of fridge and cut in half so it's easy to work with.
Roll out the dough on a sheet of greaseproof paper to about 1/2 cm thick.
Step 6: Using a cookie cutter of your choice, cut out shapes and place on a greased/lined baking tray.
Step 7: Sprinkle caster sugar over the top of each piece of shortbread. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
As usual I forgot to take a 'finished' picture before sending them off to people!
I'm sure you can imagine what they looked like! Will take a photo of the next batch all wrapped up! :)
R x
Here's a cute pic of my li'l helper!
