Bee's shortbread. Lemonbalm Shortbread Recipe courtesy of Kitchen Vignettes Serve lemon balm shortbread with some fresh lemonbalm tea and you've got yourself a decadent little treat for a summertime afternoon. Savannah Bee Company has teamed up with Willa's Shortbread to produce these scrumptious Wildflower Honey Shortbread Cookie Bites! Using the traditional recipe with a pinch of Southern charm thrown in for good measure, these buttery cookies could make you fall in love! The moment Virginia saw shortbread cookies with honey and dandelions - she was all over it. These two wild ingredients are a signature of springtime that bring honey bees and sunshine together. …a few of our FAVORITE THINGS!!
How to make: Into a medium bowl, add the butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract.
Tips for perfect one-bowl honey and lemon shortbread bars.
Making the perfect lemon shortbread bar is so easy that you'll only need one bowl!
You can cook Bee's shortbread using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Bee's shortbread
- You need 2 cups of flour.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of caster sugar.
- You need 1 cup of butter.
I suggest using an electric hand whisk in the recipe, but it can be done with a regular whisk. You'll just get more of a tricep workout when creaming the butter and honey. Candy bees sit comfortably atop a honey almond iced shortbread cookie. Palatable Pastime For this month's #FilltheCookieJar I wanted to do something very Springlike, along with getting a chance to use one of my flower cookie cutters, so after seeing someone somewhere craft a bee out of a jelly bean, thought it would be perfect with Easter coming up.
Bee's shortbread instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Mix in flour.
- Place the mixture in a ziplock bag or cover with a cling film and place it in the fridge for about an hour.
- Roll mixture slightly and shape it as you desire.
- Bake at gas mark 5 for about 30 mins.
I purchased these to stamp out shortbread cookies for a bee themed gender reveal. Nice weight, cleans easily, and comes in a nice box good for storage. Especially when you top it with a honey almond topping, which gives this bar its name. It's a spin off a German cake called Bienenstich (bee sting). Bees will make a, well, beeline to this beauty with silvery leaves and pretty purple flowers.