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Traditional Shortbread

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Traditional Shortbread - Shortbread is one of the most famous Scottish cookies. Eaten around Christmas, it is also an essential part of a traditional Scottish New Year ( Hogmanay). The success of a "shortie"—the Scottish nickname for shortbread—is to handle the dough with care and work it as little as possible. Traditional Scottish Shortbread Recipe Perfectly crumbly, irresistibly buttery and wonderfully delicious, Scottish Shortbread has been a year-round favorite treat for centuries! Shortbread is as basic and simple as a cookie (biscuit) can get.

Traditional Shortbread

These are round cookies sandwiched with jam and topped off with a delicious icing and a cherry.

You can make traditional wedges, like you see above, or cute little cookies, like you see below.

You can cook Traditional Shortbread using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Traditional Shortbread

  1. Prepare 25 p grams of butter, softened.
  2. You need 1/2 (1 cup) icing sugar, sifted.
  3. Prepare 1 2/3 cups plain flour.
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup rice flour.

Traditional Shortbread step by step

  1. Beat butter and icing sugadin a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffg. Sift in flours, combine well with a wooden spoon..
  2. Press dough inti a ball. Knead lightly untik smooth. Pat dough into a 23 cn round, about 1 cm thick, on greased baking tray..
  3. Score into fingers or wedges. Pierce with fork. Bake at 140°c for 35-40 minites or until set and browned..
  4. Cool on trays for 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. When almost cool. Cut througg line into pieces (try using a bread knife in a sawing motion for neat pieces). Cool shortbread completely. Store in an airthight container..
  5. Note: dough can be rolled out and cut into small rounds or bars, cut with scone or biscuit cutters or pressed into wooden shortbread or butter moulds, as desired. Reduce baking times is cooking smaller pieces..

Traditional Shortbread - If you add a hint of vanilla extract, you'll have the best shortbread cookies ever. Easy Shortbread Cookies Recipe Shortbread Cookie Tips Should you sift flour when making shortbread? We recommend sifting flour for all baked goods to break up any clumps. It's especially a good idea in this easy cookie recipe that has just three ingredients. If you don't have a sifter, use an electric mixer or try using a balloon whisk or strainer to sift! Why is my shortbread too soft? Try making these easy, buttery shortbread biscuits for an afternoon activity with the kids. Thank you and good luck