Shortbread Biscuits. On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to ½ cm thick. Cut the dough into fingers and place on a lined baking tray. Use a fork to create imprints, then sprinkle with the remaining caster sugar. These German Christmas cookies are similar to shortbread and we bake them every year in December. The recipe makes a pretty large amount and they are pretty quick to make, since you only have to cut the dough, so perfect for last minute baking.

Try making these easy, buttery shortbread biscuits for an afternoon activity with the kids. This recipe also works as homemade Christmas presents, with chocolate chips or orange zest added the dough. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar. You can have Shortbread Biscuits using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shortbread Biscuits

Prepare 200 g of flour.
Prepare 130 g of butter.
You need 60 g of sugar.

Allow to cool to room temperature. Cut the shortbread dough in half. Wrap one piece in plastic wrap and pop it into the fridge until needed. Transfer the shortbread to the prepared baking trays.

Shortbread Biscuits instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Combine flour, butter or margarine and sugar in a bowl..
Mix them with your fingers until the texture becomes crumbly, but make sure not to mash the texture..
Make a soft dough and put it into a square/rectangular plastic food bag. Make sure the bag is laid square and flat on the table and then roll out the dough to between 5mm to 10 mm thickness. Once rolled put in fridge for half an hour or more..
After cooling in the fridge, gently take the dough out from the bag (might be easier to cut the bag) and then cut the dough into 3 x 5 cm rectangles. Next prick the top evenly along each piece with a fork before baking..
Cover an oven tray with grease proof cooking paper and place on it the biscuits evenly. Bake for about 15 min. Once cooked, leave to cool and enjoy!.

Repeat until you've used all the dough including the extra dough in the fridge. I purchased a packet of Walker's shortbread cookies so I could compare them directly to this homemade Shortbread Cookie recipe. Homemade are way more tender - no matter which method you use, with or without rice flour. The crumble is softer when you bite into it, they are more buttery. Shortbread is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts plain wheat flour.