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Shortbread
- Prep time:
- 10 mins
- Cook time:
- 25 mins
- Serves:
- makes 15 biscuits
A crumbly biscuit classic made to Claire Clark's family recipe
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Tips and suggestions
- Cooks Tips...
- cutting the biscuits into oblongs (or squares) will give you a higher yield and prevent wastage and unnecessary trimmings.
For a perfectly even finish, use a tea strainer to dust the biscuits with sugar when they come out of the oven.
Ingredients
- 225g plain flour
- 75g caster sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 150g unsalted Butter, at room temperature
- 50g granulated sugar, for dusting
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4.2. Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl and add the caster sugar. Using a sharp knife, slit the vanilla pod open lengthways and scrape out the seeds with the tip of the knife. Add the seeds to the bowl along with the butter.
3. Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the dry ingredients. As the mixture begins to come together, use your hand to help it form a dough (alternatively, you could use an electric mixer with the paddle attachment on a low speed to make the dough).
4. Shape the dough into a ball and flatten it slightly. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to about 1cm thick. Cut into 15 oblongs and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment.
5. Bake for 15 minutes, then turn the baking sheet around and continue baking for 10 minutes, until the shortbread is golden brown. Remove from the oven and dust with an even coating of granulated sugar. Leave on a baking sheet to cool.
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this is such a yummy recipe im a kid aged 12 and i baked it by myself i loved it!!!!!!
These are so divine, my husband and I demolished the whole lot in a day. Would highly recommend this recipe to anyone, they are sooo easy to make.