Recipe: Yummy Shortbread biscuits

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 cook Shortbread biscuits using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Shortbread biscuits

1. You need 150 g of Flour.
2. Prepare 100 g of Butter or magerine.
3. Prepare 50 g of Caster sugar.
4. Prepare Pinch of salt.

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 step by step

1. Sift the flour and salt.
2. Mix in magerine and sugar with flour.
3. Combine all ingridients to a smooth paste.
4. Roll carefully on floured table,make round shape 1/2 cm thick.place on a lightly greased baking sheet..
5. Mark into desired size and shape.prick with fork..
6. Bake in a moderate oven at 180 -200 C for 15-20 minutes.

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.