How to Make Perfect Homemade shortbread biscuits

Homemade 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. Cut the shortbread dough in half. You can cook Homemade shortbread biscuits using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade shortbread biscuits

1. It's 3 Cups of flour.
2. It's 1/2 cup of corn flour.
3. It's 1 cup of sugar(I use icing sugar).
4. You need Half of simas.
5. It's 1 Cup of Milk.
6. It's 1 table spoon of milk flavour.
7. You need 1 tablespoon of baking powder.

Wrap one piece in plastic wrap and pop it into the fridge until needed. Transfer the shortbread to the prepared baking trays. Repeat until you've used all the dough including the extra dough in the fridge. Homemade shortbread cookies are WAY more tender and delicate than store bought - with a far better real butter flavour.

Homemade shortbread biscuits step by step

1. In a bowl add all the ingredients and little warm water to form a dough.
2. Close with a ledder and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
3. Roll it and cut into rectangular shape.
4. Use fork on the top to make it more beautiful.
5. Bake for about 15 minutes and enjoy.

These cookies are called Shortbread because the term "short" is used to describe cookies and pastries with a tender, crumbly melt-in-your-mouth texture. Shortbread biscuits fill the kitchen with a wonderful buttery freshly-baked smell. So simple and easy to flavour with your own choice of chocolate chips, nuts and fruit zest. Place the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature.