Easy homemade shortbread biscuits. 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. 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.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Cut the shortbread dough in half.
Wrap one piece in plastic wrap and pop it into the fridge until needed.
You can have Easy homemade shortbread biscuits using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Easy homemade shortbread biscuits
- It's of Butter.
- It's of Caster sugar.
- You need of Plain flour.
Transfer the shortbread to the prepared baking trays. Repeat until you've used all the dough including the extra dough in the fridge. Caster sugar (or superfine, or baker's sugar) is the best choice for this shortbread cookie recipe. The reason why is because this type of sugar.
Easy homemade shortbread biscuits step by step
- Preheat the oven to 190°c/375F/Gas mark 5.
- Beat the butter and caster sugar together until smooth..
- Stir in the flour until you get a smooth paste. Place on a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1cm thick..
- Cut into desired shapes and place on a baking tray..
- Sprinkle caster sugar and put in the fridge to chill for 15-20mins..
- Bake in the oven for 20-25mins or until pale golden- brown.Cool on the wire rack before serving..
- Serve with any cold beverage for dunking or any drink like tea,coffee etc.
When it comes to our favorite holiday cookies, sometimes less is more and our easy shortbread cookies prove it. Less ingredients—these cookies only have four—and less work. Just mix the batter, cut out your cookies and bake. Come to think of it, their flavors are simple, too. Each batch will be buttery-sweet with that light, crumbly texture no easy shortbread cookie should be without.